Fungus
trichosporon asahii
Definitions related to trichosporon asahii:
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A yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota. This species is round to oval shaped, with budding yeast-like cells, produces true hyphae forming cylindrical arthroconidia, and hydrolyzes urea. T. asahii is a common soil inhabitant and colonizes the skin and gastrointestinal tract of humans. It may cause superficial infections, disseminated trichosporonosis in immunocompromised individuals, fungemia and fatal septic shock.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Trichosporon asahii.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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