Fatal disseminated infection by Gymnascella hyalinospora in a heart transplant recipient.
Caroline AgnelliMaricela ValerioMaría OlmedoJesús GuineaEduardo Zatarain-NicolásMaría Del Carmen Martínez-JiménezLuis AlcaláPilar EscribanoMaría Cebollero PresmanesEmilio BouzaPatricia MuñozPablo Martín-RabadánPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)
We report the first case of disseminated infection by Gymnascella hyalinospora in a solid organ transplant recipient. This case highlights the role of low-virulence environmental molds as an emerging cause of breakthrough invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised hosts. Nosocomial strategies of infection control including antimicrobial stewardship and advances on fast diagnostic methods are strongly encouraged to improve patient prognosis.