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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1062</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>TRICHOSPORON ASAHII, AN EMERGING NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGEN: ARE WE AWARE?&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mallick</surname><given-names>Sanjay Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Basak</surname><given-names>Silpi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rajurkar</surname><given-names>Monali N.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>2</day><month>11</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>75</fpage><lpage>80</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background and Objective: Trichosporon asahii are basidiomycetous yeast-like anamorphic organisms and presently that are widely distributed in nature and found predominantly in tropical and temperate areas. Now it has been considered as an emerging nosoocomial pathogen with increasing morbidity and mortality. Urinary tract infections due to Trichosporon asahii, are frequently associated with indwelling medical devices. Very few studies have reported Trichosporon asahii infections from India. Here, we present four cases of nosocomial urinary tract infections due to Trichosporon asahii, with an update on Trichosporon asahii. Methods: All 4 patients were admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and were catheterized. The patient__ampersandsignrsquo;s urine samples were sent to Microbiology department for microscopical examination and culture. The urine samples were cultured on blood agar, Mac Conkey__ampersandsignrsquo;s agar and Sabbouraud__ampersandsignrsquo;s dextrose agar. Results: The growth on culture was identified as T. asahii by conventional tests and VITEK ID __ampersandsignndash; YST card test. Conclusion: The diagnosis of Trichosporon asahii is likely to be missed particularly in developing countries, because of a general lack of awareness and lack of acquaintance with its salient diagnostic features. All budding yeast cells observed in urine is not due to Candida species and there lie the importance of culture and different diagnostic test for Trochosporonosis.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Trichosporon asahii</kwd><kwd> Nosocomial urinary tract infection</kwd><kwd> Antifungal therapy</kwd><kwd> Emerging pathogen</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
