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Department of Pathology, King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr Albarrag A is working in the Department of Pathology of College of Medicine at the King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Her main focus is Pathology related areas. He has published 68 scientific papers.

Publications

• Case Report   
  The First Reported Case of Trichosporon asahii in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  Author(s): Albaadani A*, Kallam K and Albarrag A
  
  Background: Trichosporonosis is an emerging invasive opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. Case presentation: We report an unusual clinical presentation of a rare invasive fungal infection secondary to Trichosporon asahii in a 26-year-old female. This was initially a known case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The patient presented with abdominal pain and distension secondary to bowel perforation. She was admitted for urgent sigmoid resection and colostomy. The surgical histopathology reported excessive infiltration of fungal elements but was inconclusive. The patient was started on ambisome; PCR then showed Trichosporon species and later the blood culture grew yeast for which caspofungin was added. However, the final identification was that of Trichosporon asahii.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-1149.19.9.253

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