Multiple choice

Trichosporonosis causes death in patients

  1. having severe anaemia

  2. having haematologic malignance

  3. having severe tuberculosis

  4. having sinus and brain problems
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Trichosporon beigelii or T. captitatum are responsible for rare but growing infections in immune deficit patients. These agents can be insulated from the healthy skin and other sites like food, air, etc. Trichosporonosis frequently causes death in patients having haematologic malignance. Early symptoms involve fever, pneumonia, positive blood cultures and lung or eye infections. Trichosporon sp are vulnerable to Amphotericin B, miconazole but in maximum cases patients with disseminated infections die.

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