Table 4 Systematic review of Trichosporonosis meningitis cases published in the literature from to 1970 to 2018
From: Trichosporon inkin meningitis in Northeast Brazil: first case report and review of the literature
Country | Sex/Age | Diagnosis/Underlying diseases | Species isolated | Clinical Sample | Treatment/outcome | Year/Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | Trichosporon inkin | CSF | Present study | |||
Singapore | F/50 | Disseminated trichosporonosis/Aplastic Anemia | T. asahii | CSF, Blood | AMB, VOR, ITR, POS/ Survived | 2016 [24] |
India | M/18 | Chronic meningo-ventriculitis and intraventricular fungal ball/immunocompetent | T. asahii | Intraventricular biopsy and CSF | AMB/died | 2015 [20] |
Iran | M/34 | Brain abscess/ autoimmune hepatitis, hypothyroidism | T. asahii | Brain abscess | Surgical resection, AMB and ITC/ survived | 2012 [18] |
India | NI | Meningitis/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | Trichosporon sp. | CSF | AMB, FLU, survived | 2012 [19] |
Jamaica | F/44 | Meningitis and cerebral abscess/diabetes, burns | T. asahii | Facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab | None/died | 2011 [4] |
Taiwan | NI | Meningitis/NI | T. montevideense | CSF | NI | 2009 [2] |
India | M/18 | Disseminated trichosporonosis/Imunnocompetent | T. asahii | CSF | FLU/survived | 2007 [22] |
India | F/36 | Chronic meningitis/ Chronic back pain after fall | T. beigelii | CSF | None/died | 1995 [21] |
Belgium | M/15 | Meningitis/acute lymphocytic leukaemia | T. beigelii | CSF | AMB, FC and FLU/died | 1990 [23] |
South Africa | F/39 | Brain abscess/adenocarcinoma | T. cutaneum | Brain lesions | None/died | 1970 [25] |