Invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a lung transplant recipient.
We describe a case of invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a lung transplant recipient. Treatment was complicated by renal failure with amphotericin B therapies. Following 6 months of voriconazole treatment, the patient remained radiographically and clinically stable for a short time before dying of respiratory failure precipitated by graft rejection.
Dunn
James J
JJ
ARUP Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. jdunn@cookchildrens.org
Wolfe
Michael J
MJ
Trachtenberg
Joel
J
Kriesel
John D
JD
Orlandi
Richard R
RR
Carroll
Karen C
KC
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B