Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
8484897 | Medical Mycology Case Reports | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Arthrographis kalrae is a hyalin fungus. It is a saprophyte of the environment, mainly found in soil and compost. In recent years, cases of opportunistic infections attributed to this pathogen have been described. Our patient was a 19-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis. She presented a bacterial and fungal pulmonary colonization with Aspergillus fumigatus and Arthrographis. kalrae. After her lung transplantation, she developed an A. kalrae fungemia, treated with caspofungin 50Â mg/day associated to liposomal amphotericin B i.v. 3Â mg/kg/day. The patient died 8 months after her transplantation as the result of a bacterial septic shock.
Related Topics
Life Sciences
Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology
Authors
Julie Denis, Marcela Sabou, Tristan Degot, Ermanno Candolfi, Valérie Letscher-Bru,