title: Invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a lung transplant recipient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ARUP Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. jdunn@cookchildrens.org
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trachtenberg
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kriesel
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Orlandi
authors.forename: Karen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B