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DESCRIPTIONS OF MEDICAL FUNGI

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220<br />

Descriptions of Medical Fungi<br />

Trichosporon asahii Akagi ex Sugita et al.<br />

a<br />

b<br />

20 µm<br />

Trichosporon asahii (a) culture and (b) hyphae and arthroconidia.<br />

Antifungal Susceptibility: T. asahii (Australian National data); MIC µg/mL.<br />

No. 64<br />

AmB 22 4 4 6 4 3 1<br />

FLU 22 1 3 11 7<br />

VORI 20 1 1 7 10 1<br />

POSA 19 1 1 11 4 2<br />

ITRA 22 3 15 3 1<br />

Note: Non-T. asahii isolates appear to be more susceptible than T. asahii isolates to<br />

AmB, FLU, and ITRA, while the new triazoles are active against both T. asahii and<br />

non-T. asahii isolates (Rodriguez-Tudela et al. 2005).<br />

Trichosporon inkin. Colonies are<br />

restricted, white, finely cerebriform with<br />

a granular covering, without marginal<br />

zone, often cracking the media.

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