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Successful eradication of invasive Scopulariopsis brumptii in a liver transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Pate M.J.,
Hemmige V.,
WocColburn L.,
Restrepo A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12506
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , surgery , intubation , bone marrow transplant , terbinafine , liver transplantation , antifungal , dermatology , transplantation , itraconazole , bone marrow transplantation
Ten months after orthotopic liver transplant, a 53‐year‐old male patient developed cough and fever. Imaging revealed diffuse ground‐glass opacities involving all lobes, and subsequent bronchoscopic washings revealed S copulariopsis brumptii infection. The patient initially had significant clinical deterioration requiring intubation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. However, combination antifungal therapy, including posaconazole and terbinafine, eventually proved successful in eradicating the infection.