Infection with non-Candida species like Trichosporon is an emerging cause of fungal infection. It often causes fatal, life-threatening infections in immunosuppressed patients. They may have a varied presentation depending on the patient's immune status, ranging from self-limiting cutaneous manifestation to pneumonia, meningitis, and disseminated bloodstream infection. They cause infection in neutropenic and critically ill patients on broad-spectrum antibiotics with invasive medical devices. Herein we are reporting a rare Trichosporon asahii bloodstream infection in a non-neutropenic critically ill patient.
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