Disseminated lomentosporiosis in a heart transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature.

Maricela ValerioVíctor VásquezAna Álvarez-UriaEduardo Zatarain-NicolásPaolo PavoneMaría Del Carmen Martínez-JiménezJosé María Barrio-GutiérrezGregorio CuerpoJesús Guinea-OrtegaAntonio VenaMaría Isabel Peligros-GómezEmilio BouzaPatricia Muñoz

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)

Lomentosporiosis is a rare complication that may emerge as a breakthrough invasive fungal infection in heart transplant recipients on ECMO despite antifungal prophylaxis.

Keyphrases

heart failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
atrial fibrillation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
candida albicans
respiratory failure