Serious Infections Caused by Uncommon Yeasts

1 Spectrum of Clinical Disease 2 Microbiology 3 Conclusions Keywords: serious infections by uncommon yeasts; Blastoschizomyces capitatus-genus Trichosporon, as environmental organism; spectrum of clinical disease; Malassezia species, Malassezia furfur-commonly identified causes of human infection; Rhodotorula species-isolated from soil, water, fruit juice; kidney involvement with T. beigelii in neutropenic patient with leukemia; eight species of Hanseniospora, three encountered in clinical specimens; clinically relevant Sporobolomyces species