title: Acute invasive sinusitis due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in a liver and small bowel transplant recipient.
abstract: We describe a case of acute invasive sinusitis due to an unusual moniliaceous fungus, Trichoderma longibrachiatum Rifai 1969 (a member of the class Hyphomycetes), in a small bowel and liver transplant recipient treated with tacrolimus (FK-506) and prednisone. The patient was successfully treated with surgical debridements and amphotericin B followed by oral itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kusne
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abu-Elmagd
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skedros
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000302:isolation & purification*