title: Scedosporiosis in a Combined Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient: A Case Report of Possible Transmission from a Near-Drowning Donor.
abstract: Scedosporiumspp. are saprobic fungi that cause serious infections in immunocompromised hosts and in near-drowning victims. Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of scedosporiosis as they require aggressive immunosuppression to prevent allograft rejection. We present a case of disseminatedScedosporium apiospermuminfection occurring in the recipient of a combined kidney and liver transplantation whose organs were donated by a near-drowning victim and review the literature of scedosporiosis in solid organ transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Transplant, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9367-3671
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leek
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Transplant, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6669-4197
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aldag
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Transplant, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Iram
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nadeem
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Transplant, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Vikraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gunabushanam
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Transplant, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahajpal
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA; Department of Critical Care, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Walsh