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Invasive Scedosporium sternal osteomyelitis following lung transplant: Cured
- Source :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 12, Iss C, Pp 14-16 (2016), Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2016.
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Abstract
- Scedosporium is an important pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) and post-transplant but rarely causes invasive infection. Treatment remains challenging, particularly due to inherent resistance to multiple antifungal agents. We present a young man with CF who developed invasive sternal and rib infection 10-months following lung transplant. The infection has been clinically and radiologically cured with extensive surgery and triazole therapy. This case highlights the importance of adjunctive surgery in addition to prolonged triazole treatment to manage invasive Scedosporium infections in immunosuppressed patients.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Antifungal
Posaconazole
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
030106 microbiology
Case Report
Transplant
Microbiology
Cystic fibrosis
Scedosporium
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Voriconazole
lcsh:R5-920
Lung
business.industry
medicine.disease
Surgery
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Biology (General)
Sternal osteomyelitis
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22117539
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc75ce4b21fab078c444cff05e53bf2b