Fatal trichosporonosis is not related to tolerance to amphotericin B.

Abstract	A case of disseminated trichosporonosis in a 45-year-old female suffering from acute lymphocytic leukaemia is reported. The patient died of that mycosis despite of therapy with amphotericin B for which the pathogen had been proven susceptible in vitro.
Authors	S Alballaa, E A Bryce, F J Roberts, A Sekhon
Journal	Mycoses (Mycoses) 1991 Jul-Aug Vol. 34 Issue 7-8 Pg. 317-8 ISSN: 0933-7407 [Print] Germany
PMID	1803234 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References	Amphotericin B
Topics	Amphotericin B (pharmacology, therapeutic use) Drug Tolerance Female Humans Middle Aged Mycoses (drug therapy, etiology) Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma (complications) Trichosporon (drug effects)

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