Trichosporon asteroides

Trichosporon asteroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Trichosporonales
Family: Trichosporonaceae
Genus: Trichosporon
Species:
T. asteroides
Binomial name
Trichosporon asteroides
M. Ota (1926)
Synonyms
  • Parendomyces asteroides Rischin (1921)
  • Geotrichoides asteroides (Rischin) Langeron & Talice (1932)
  • Proteomyces asteroides (Rischin) C.W. Dodge (1935)
  • Prototheca filamenta P. Arnold & Ahearn (1972)
  • Fissuricella filamenta (P. Arnold & Ahearn) Pore, D'Amatao & Ajello (1977)

Trichosporon asteroides is an asexual basidiomycetous fungus first described from human skin but now mainly isolated from blood and urine.[1][2][3][4][5] T. asteroides is a hyphal fungus with a characteristically yeast-like appearance due to the presence of slimy arthroconidia.[3][6] Infections by this species usually respond to treatment with azoles and amphotericin B.[2][7][8]

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