Open AccessDisseminated Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Scedosporium apiospermum Coinfection after Lung and Liver Transplantation in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient
Author(s) -
Sandrine Hirschi,
Valérie LetscherBru,
Julien Pottecher,
Béatrice Lannes,
Mi Young Jeung,
Tristan Dégot,
Nicola Santelmo,
Alina Marcela Sabou,
Raoul Herbrecht,
Romain Kessler
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01928-12
Subject(s) - scedosporium apiospermum , aspergillus fumigatus , cystic fibrosis , coinfection , lung transplantation , aspergillosis , trichosporon , liver transplantation , transplantation , medicine , lung , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , aspergillus , voriconazole , biology , virology , immunology , antifungal , virus , genetics , yeast
Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans is a novel pathogen recently found in cystic fibrosis patients. We report the first case of a disseminated fatal infection with T. mycotoxinivorans associated with invasive Aspergillus fumigatus and Scedosporium apiospermum infection after lung and liver transplantation in a cystic fibrosis patient.
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