Trichosporon beigelii

Trichosporon beigelii

An organism widely distributed in soil, stagnant and fresh water and animal excreta isolated from normal skin, urinary, respiratory, GI tract; although rarely pathogenic, it is linked to white piedra and a summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonia; disseminated infection is more common in immunosuppression or CA Treatment Amphotericin B

Trichosporon beigelii

The causative agent of white piedra. See: piedraSee also: Trichosporon