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World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images
World Journal of Case Reports and Clinical Images
A Case Report | Open Access
Volume 2025 - 4 | Article ID 269 | http://dx.doi.org/10.51521/WJCRCI.2025.e42.413
Academic Editor: John Bose
Neha Aftab,
MD1; Emmett M. Leddin, PhD2; Jillian Sargent, BS2;
Patrick Beer, DO1; Adam Howell, DO1; Gul R.
Sachwani-Daswani, DO1
1Department
of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Media Center, Flint, MI, Email:
neha.aftab@hotmail.com; Secondary email: Naftab1@hurleymc.com
2Department
of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, Department
of Surgery, Michigan State University-CHM, Flint, MI, USA; Email:
leddinem@msu.edu
2Department of
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, Department of
Surgery, Michigan State University-CHM, Flint, MI, USA, Email: jsargent@msu.edu
1Department
of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Media Center, Flint, MI, Email:
pbeer1@hurleymc.com
1Department
of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Media Center, Flint, MI, Email:
ahowell3@hurleymc.com
1Department
of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Media Center, Flint, MI, Email: gsachwa1@hurleymc.com
Corresponding
Author: Neha Aftab, MD, Department of Trauma
and Acute Care Surgery, Hurley Media Center, Flint, MI, Email:
neha.aftab@hotmail.com; Secondary email: Naftab1@hurleymc.com; Phone: (517)
512-3389.
Citation: Neha Aftab, Emmett M. Leddin, Jillian Sargent, Patrick
Beer, Adam Howell, Gul R. Sachwani-Daswani, (2025) Disseminated Trichosporon
asahii Infection in an Immunocompetent Polytrauma Patient; A Case Report. World
J Case Rep Clin Imag. 2025 August; 4(2),1-7.
Copyrights: © Neha Aftab, 2025, This article is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-4.0-International-License-(CCBY-NC)
(https://worldjournalofcasereports.org/blogpage/copyright-policy). Usage and
distribution for commercial purposes require written permission.
Abstract
Trichosporon asahii is a yeast-like opportunistic pathogen
known to cause many infections. It is known to cause infections in
immunocompromised patients with hematologic malignancies and those who develop
neutropenia secondary to cytotoxic drugs. We report a case of a 35-year-old man
with no previously known comorbid who presented at our ED with polytrauma and
full-thickness burns covering 20% of the total body surface area (TBSA).
Despite being previously healthy, we explored several factors that made our
patient susceptible to T asahii infection, including full-thickness burns,
polytrauma, indwelling catheters, and massive blood transfusions. The
definitive route of infection remains unclear, however case reports like ours
can shed light on modifiable risk factors in patients.
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