Disseminated Fusarium solani infection with endocarditis in a lung transplant recipient
- 1 January 1998
- Vol. 41 (1-2) , 59-61
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00378.x
Abstract
Eleven days after double lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis, an 18-year-old patient developed a disseminated Fusarium solani infection with tricuspid valve endocarditis. This infection occurred under fluconazole and immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporin, prednisone and azathioprine, with a normal leucocyte count. Liposomal amphotericin B allowed blood culture negativation. The patient died from a bacterial septic shock.Keywords
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