Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a Lung Transplant Recipient

ABSTRACT We describe a case of invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a lung transplant recipient. Treatment was complicated by renal failure with amphotericin B therapies. Following 6 months of voriconazole treatment, the patient remained radiographically and clinically stable for a short time before dying of respiratory failure precipitated by graft rejection.

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