ABSTRACT
Verruconis gallopava is an environmental dematiaceous fungus that is recognized increasingly as a cause of human disease, especially for immunocompromised persons. Infection can range from superficial and localized lesions to pulmonary involvement and disseminated disease, including central nervous system abscesses. Optimal therapy is undefined. We report a patient post cardiac transplant who had pulmonary infection with V gallopava and was treated successfully with posaconazole.
Subject(s)
Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Heart Transplantation , Mycoses/diagnosis , Mycoses/drug therapy , Triazoles/therapeutic use , Ascomycota/drug effects , Ascomycota/isolation & purification , Humans , Immunocompromised Host , Male , Middle Aged , Thorax/diagnostic imaging , Thorax/microbiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are ubiquitous environmental organisms that are infrequently implicated as pathogens. Peritoneal infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria is rare and published reports are most commonly associated with peritoneal dialysis. This study describes a case of a 41-year-old woman with cirrhosis who had Mycobacterium abscessus peritonitis and an abdominal abscess resulting from infection of a remotely placed gastric band (Lap-Band; Apollo Endosurgery, Inc).