TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII: SURVEY OF ISOLATES FROM CLINICAL MATERIAL

&NA; Two hundred and eight isolates of Trichosporon beigelii were identified over the period January 1973 to July 1983. 45.7% of these were from skin, 25.0% from nail, 22.6% from tissues and fluids, 3.4% from hair and 3.4% from sputum. Tr. beigelii was isolated in association with a recognized pathogen in 23 cases, 9 with a yeast, 14 with a dermatophyte. In 38 cases, Tr. beigelii was the only organism isolated when direct microscopic examination of clinical material showed the presence of hyphae and/or yeast cells. Although Tr. beigelii could only be assigned a definite pathogenic role in 6 cases of genital white piedra, and in one case of peritonitis associated with chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, we believe that this organism was pathogenic in many cases of skin infection. In most of the cases where it was isolated from tissue or fluids at Royal North Shore Hospital, Tr. beigelii was not considered to be significantly contributing to the disease process.

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