Acute Invasive Sinusitis Due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in a Liver and Small Bowel Transplant Recipient

We describe a case of acute invasive sinusitis due to an unusual moniliaceous fungus, Trichoderma longibrachiatum Rifai 1969 (a member of the class Hyphomycetes), in a small bowel and liver transplant recipient treated with tacrolimus (FK-506) and prednisone. The patient was successfully treated wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1998-02, Vol.26 (2), p.487-489
Hauptverfasser:	Furukawa, Hiroyuki, Kusne, Shimon, Sutton, Deanna A., Manez, Rafael, Carrau, Ricardo, Nichols, Larry, Abu-Elmagd, Kareem, Skedros, Demetrios, Todo, Satoru, Rinaldi, Michael G.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Biological and medical sciences Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Female Fungal infections Fungi Humans Infections Intestine, Small - transplantation Liver Liver Transplantation - adverse effects Maxillary sinus Maxillary Sinusitis - diagnostic imaging Maxillary Sinusitis - drug therapy Maxillary Sinusitis - microbiology Medical sciences Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...) Mycology Mycoses - diagnostic imaging Mycoses - drug therapy Mycoses - microbiology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Radiography Sinuses Sinusitis Small intestine Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed Trichoderma Trichoderma - isolation & purification Trichoderma longibrachiatum
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a case of acute invasive sinusitis due to an unusual moniliaceous fungus, Trichoderma longibrachiatum Rifai 1969 (a member of the class Hyphomycetes), in a small bowel and liver transplant recipient treated with tacrolimus (FK-506) and prednisone. The patient was successfully treated with surgical debridements and amphotericin B followed by oral itraconazole.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/516317