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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| author | Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi Ali M. Bazzi Ali A. Rabaan Elwaleed A. Ahmed |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-938c3f138ff9485eaaf777200269639e2025-02-03T01:21:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/31280813128081Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with VoriconazoleAhmed M. Alkhunaizi0Ali M. Bazzi1Ali A. Rabaan2Elwaleed A. Ahmed3Nephrology Section, Specialty Medicine Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaInfectious Diseases Section, Specialty Medicine Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaFusarium 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3128081 |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi Ali M. Bazzi Ali A. Rabaan Elwaleed A. Ahmed Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| 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 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3128081 |
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