Fusarium peritonitis concomitant to kidney transplantation successfully managed with voriconazole: case report and review of the literature
Authors:
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Transplant International
- Vol. 18 (5) , 613-618
Abstract
Fusarium infections in solid organ transplant recipients are often localized, occur later in the post-transplantation period, and have a better outcome than fusarial infections in patients with hematologic malignancies or bone marrow transplants. We report the first case of proven peritonitis caused by Fusarium species in a renal transplant recipient which is also the first successfully managed with voriconazole. We also review previously reported cases of fusarial infection in solid organ transplant recipients.Keywords
This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
- Successful treatment of disseminated fusariosisBone Marrow Transplantation, 2003
- Localized Cutaneous Hyalohyphomycosis Caused by a Fusarium Species Infection in a Renal Transplant PatientJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003
- Scedosporium apiospermum pneumonia and sternal wound infection in a heart transplant recipientTransplantation, 2002
- Case Reports. Infection due toScedosporium apiospermumin renal transplant recipients: a report of two cases and literature review of central nervous system and cutaneous infections byPseudallescheria boydii/Sc. apiospermumMycoses, 2002
- Chronic Infection Due to Fusarium oxysporum Mimicking Lupus Vulgaris: Case Report and Review of Cutaneous Involvement in FusariosisActa Dermato-Venereologica, 2001
- Soft-Tissue Fungal Infections: Surgical Management of 12 Immunocompromised PatientsPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1996
- Invasive mold infections in cancer patients: 5 years' experience withAspergillus, Mucor, Fusarium andAcremonium infectionsSupportive Care in Cancer, 1996
- Susceptibility of clinical isolates of Fusarium to antifungal drugsMycoses, 1996
- Invasive Gastrointestinal Zygomycosis in a Liver Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review of Zygomycosis in Solid-Organ Transplant RecipientsClinical Infectious Diseases, 1995
- Disseminated Fusarium solani infectionJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1995