Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4256400 | Transplantation Proceedings | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Cystic fibrosis patients are frequently plagued by infections, often with unusual or hardy organisms. Their infections are only complicated by transplantation. In this report, we review the case of a young woman who had a double lung transplant secondary to cystic fibrosis who developed a lumbar osteomyelitis/discitis several years after transplantation. After treatment, she went on to develop a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient underwent thoracic and abdominal aortic replacement, and histopathology revealed Scedosporium apiospermum infection. The patient recovered well from surgery and was discharged home on long-term antifungal therapy. This represents the first reported case of S apiospermum mycotic aneurysm in a lung transplant patient, and possibly the largest number and longest duration of S apiospermum infections reported in a single patient.