title: Lasiodiplodia theobromae pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient.
abstract: We report a case of Lasiodiplodia theobromae pneumonia in a patient who died 14 days after cadaveric-liver transplantation. His condition was complicated by Enterococcus faecium peritonitis. Direct microscopy analysis of the bronchoalveolar lavage specimens showed septate hyphae. A dematiaceous mold was recovered and identified as L. theobromae by microscopic morphology and EF1alpha gene sequencing.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Antonio H Y
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: Herman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Edward T K
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Kwok-Yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014180:Transplantation
chemical_list: D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1