Cladophialophora bantiana osteomyelitis in a renal transplant patient.
Cladophialophora bantiana is a neurotropic dematiaceous fungus which rarely causes disseminated disease. We report a case of proven C. bantiana osteomyelitis in a renal transplant recipient, complicated with probable cerebral disease. Stable disease was reached after combined antifungal therapies, immune enhancement and amputation of the infected lower limb.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Stefanie
S
Desmet
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Nephrology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium; Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Liesbeth
L
Smets
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Katrien
K
Lagrou
Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Inge
I
Derdelinckx
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Jeroen
J
Neyt
Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Johan
J
Maertens
Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Raf
R
Sciot
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Philip
P
Demaerel
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Nephrology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium; Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Bert
B
Bammens
Cladophialophora bantiana; Immunocompromised; Osteomyelitis; Phaeohyphomycosis; Transplantation