title: Verruconis gallopava cardiac and endovascular infection with dissemination after renal transplantation: Case report and lessons learned.
abstract: Verruconis gallopavais an uncommon cause of phaeohyphomycosis. We describe an unusual case of disseminatedV. gallopavainfection in a renal transplant recipient involving the endocardium but without endocarditis, associated with fungaemia and infection in the skin, oral cavity, brain and lung. The isolate was first detected from blood cultures which is rare. Surgical resection of cardiac fungal mass was not possible. The patient died despite resolution of fungaemia and combination antifungal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR - Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kable
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR - Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Catriona L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Nankivell
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR - Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital and Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Germaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR - Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Sharon C-A
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Antifungal therapy; Dermatiaceous moulds; Endocarditis; Verruconis gallopava