Fusarium incarnatum/equiseti hemodialysis graft infection.
Hemodialysis graft infections typically occur as a result of contamination by skin flora at the time of insertion or become secondarily infected after high-grade bacteremia. Infection of implanted vascular devices with filamentous fungi is rare. We report a case of infection of an implanted polytetrafluoroethylene dialysis graft with Fusarium incarnatum/equiseti that did not grow in cultures of tissue but was identified by molecular means.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases;
James
J
Riddell
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, ; Current address: Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center;
Kenneth J
KJ
Woodside
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology;
Matthew A
MA
Leavitt
Department of Pathology, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan, USA.
Duane W
DW
Newton
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation.
Jeffery D
JD
Punch
Fusarium equiseti; Fusarium incarnatum; graft.; hemodialysis; infection