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Fusarium peritonitis concomitant to kidney transplantation successfully managed with voriconazole: case report and review of the literature.

Garbino J, Uckay I, Rohner P, Lew D, Van Delden C

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. jorge.garbino@hcuge.ch

Fusarium infections in solid organ transplant recipients are often localized, occur later in the post-transplantation period, and have a better outcome than fusarial infections in patients with hematologic malignancies or bone marrow transplants. We report the first case of proven peritonitis caused by Fusarium species in a renal transplant recipient which is also the first successfully managed with voriconazole. We also review previously reported cases of fusarial infection in solid organ transplant recipients.

Published 11 April 2005 in Transpl Int, 18(5): 613-8.
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