Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole

Fusarium infections in solid-organ transplant recipients are rare and carry high mortality. We report a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed infection with Fusarium species. The patient received treatment with oral voriconazole for five months with good response.

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Autores principales: Alkhunaizi, Ahmed M., Bazzi, Ali M., Rabaan, Ali A., Ahmed, Elwaleed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30159184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3128081
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author Alkhunaizi, Ahmed M.
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spelling pubmed-61095592018-08-29 Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole Alkhunaizi, Ahmed M. Bazzi, Ali M. Rabaan, Ali A. Ahmed, Elwaleed A. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Fusarium infections in solid-organ transplant recipients are rare and carry high mortality. We report a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed infection with Fusarium species. The patient received treatment with oral voriconazole for five months with good response. Hindawi 2018-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6109559/ /pubmed/30159184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3128081 Text en Copyright © 2018 Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alkhunaizi, Ahmed M.
Bazzi, Ali M.
Rabaan, Ali A.
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Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title_full Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title_fullStr Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title_full_unstemmed Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title_short Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole
title_sort fusarium infection in a kidney transplant recipient successfully treated with voriconazole
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30159184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3128081
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