Acute invasive sinusitis due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in a liver and small bowel transplant recipient

H Furukawa; S Kusne; D A Sutton; R Manez; R Carrau; L Nichols; K Abu-Elmagd; D Skedros; S Todo; M G Rinaldi

doi:10.1086/516317

Acute invasive sinusitis due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in a liver and small bowel transplant recipient

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Feb;26(2):487-9. doi: 10.1086/516317.

Authors

H Furukawa¹, S Kusne, D A Sutton, R Manez, R Carrau, L Nichols, K Abu-Elmagd, D Skedros, S Todo, M G Rinaldi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

PMID: 9502475
DOI: 10.1086/516317

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Female
Humans
Intestine, Small / transplantation*
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Maxillary Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
Maxillary Sinusitis / drug therapy
Maxillary Sinusitis / microbiology*
Mycoses / diagnostic imaging
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / microbiology*
Radiography
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
Trichoderma / isolation & purification*