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A case of disseminated trichosporonosis associated with Candida infection of the urinary bladder is presented. Coffee bean shaped or crescent shaped yeast-like elements are characteristic of Trichosporon and useful in differentiating Trichosporon fromCandida but such histological features are less efficient than the immunohistochemistry in identifing mixed fungal infection. In the present case, an application of avidin-biotin-complex (ABC) method with anti -Trichosporon antiserum and anti-Candida antiserum enabled us to diagnose a mixed infection by both fungi.
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Kimura, M., Takahashi, H., Satou, T. et al. An autopsy case of disseminated trichosporonosis with candidiasis of the urinary bladder. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 416, 159–162 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01606321
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