Endobronchial fusariosis in a child following bilateral lung transplant

Laila S Al Yazidi; Julie Huynh; Philip N Britton; C Orla Morrissey; Tony Lai; Glen P Westall; Hiran Selvadurai; Alison Kesson

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.002

Endobronchial fusariosis in a child following bilateral lung transplant

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2019 Jan 14:23:77-80. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.002. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Authors

Laila S Al Yazidi^{1

2

3}, Julie Huynh¹, Philip N Britton^{1

4

5}, C Orla Morrissey⁶, Tony Lai¹, Glen P Westall⁷, Hiran Selvadurai^{4

8}, Alison Kesson^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
² The School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Sultan Qaboos University, College of Medicine, Muscat, Oman.
⁴ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Infectious Diseases Department, Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁷ Lung Transplant Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

We present a case of endobronchial fusariosis following bilateral sequential lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in a 13 years old boy who was treated successfully with posaconazole and nebulized amphotericin B. We discuss the role of nebulized amphotericin B in treating invasive pulmonary fungal disease in children. To our knowledge, this is the first pediatric case of endobronchial fusariosis reported in the literature.

Keywords: Endobronchial; Fusariosis; Lung transplantation; Nebulized amphotericin; Pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports