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GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM INVASIVE INFECTION EARLY AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANT

CHİARA BECCHETTİ, ALBERTO FERRARESE, ANNAMARİA CATTELAN, STEFANİA BARBİERİ, PAOLO FELTRACCO, FRANCESCA SALUZZO, UMBERTO CİLLO, MARCO SENZOLO, GİACOMO GERMANİ, PATRİZİA BURRA

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation - 2020;18(6):737-740

Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Padua University, Padua, Italy

 

Geotrichum capitatum is a rare fungal pathogen that has infrequently affected immunocompromised patients with onco-hematologic diseases. Geotrichum capitatum invasive infection has been associated with poor prognosis, with a mortality rate ranging from 50% to 90%. Here, we report the first case of Geotrichum capitatum invasive fungal infection in a liver transplant recipient from an unrelated deceased donor, who was effectively treated with amphotericin B and voriconazole. We also reviewed the available literature in the field.