PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jameson, B
AU  - Carter, R L
AU  - Watson, J G
AU  - Hay, R J
TI  - An unexpected fungal infection in a patient with leukaemia.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.3.267
DP  - 1981 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 267--270
VI  - 34
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/3/267.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/3/267.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Mar 01; 34
AB  - A 58-year-old man, who was entering remission from acute monocytic leukaemia, died unexpectedly after five days of fever. Cultures of necropsy material grew the yeast Trichosporon beigelii, and subsequent histological examination showed a widely disseminated infection. This fungus usually causes a localised lesion of the hair shaft (piedra). Deep-seated infections due to Trichosporon spp. have been recorded infrequently and disseminated infections on only five previous occasions. None of these has been from the United Kingdom. This case report describes some of the difficulties of diagnosis.