Successful treatment of Trichosporon mucoides infection with fluconazole in a heart and kidney transplant recipient. Clin. Infect. Dis

Trichosporon species are an emerging cause of infection, par-ticularly among transplant recipients. We report what we believe to be the first case of successful management of dis-seminated Trichosporon mucoides infection with orally ad-ministered fluconazole in a heart and kidney transplant recipient. Trichosporon species are emerging pathogens in humans with compromised host defenses. Historically, they cause difficult-to-treat infections in transplant recipients. Previously, Tricho-sporon species were known only as the cause of white piedra, a mild, superficial infection of the hair shafts most often en-countered in tropical regions. These fungi are also normal in-habitants of the soil and are occasionally found as normal flora of the skin and mouth. In immunosuppressed individuals, Tri-chosporon infection may disseminate to multiple organs, suc