Successful treatment of Fusarium proliferatum pneumonia with posaconazole in a lung transplant recipient

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2004 Dec;23(12):1451-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.033.

Abstract

A 62-year-old lung transplant recipient had Fusarium proliferatum pneumonia during itraconazole prophylaxis. Severe dyspnea and emphysema ensued, requiring supplemental oxygen therapy. Therapeutic options for this patient were limited; renal insufficiency and cyclosporine use precluded amphotericin B therapy, and susceptibility testing indicated that itraconazole and fluconazole had poor activity against F proliferatum. Treatment with posaconazole, a new triazole in clinical development for the prophylaxis and treatment of fungal infection, resulted in rapid clinical improvement and successful eradication of F proliferatum. Posaconazole may provide effective treatment for difficult-to-treat Fusarium infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Fusarium*
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Lung Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles
  • posaconazole