Bronquiolitis respiratoria y neumonía descamativa asociada a fungemia por trichosporon asahii en inmunocompetente: a propósito de un caso

Abstract

Trichosporon asahii is an emerging fungal pathogen reported in the medical literature mainly in immunologically compromised patients. However, this case is unusual because is a young immunocompetent patient who developed fungemia by T. asahii simultaneously with acute respiratory failure, respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia, who responded satisfactorily to ventilatory support and antifungal therapy.