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. 2010 Mar 10;48(5):1978–1982. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01840-09

TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of reported cases of invasive scedosporiosis in patients with cystic fibrosis after lung transplantationa

Patient Age (yr) Sex Colonization before LTx Antifungal prophylaxis after LTx Time to diagnosis after LTx Mycological organism identified Antifungal agent(s) Site(s)/clinical manifestation(s) Survival time after diagnosis Reference
1 27 M NA None 6 wkb S. apiospermum/P. boydii AMB CNS NA 2
2 24 F No None 7.5 mo S. apiospermum/P. boydii ITC-MIC Heart, spleen, kidneys, CNS 4 wk 24
3 30 M Yes None 2 wk S. apiospermum/P. boydii AMB-MIC Neuroria, pleuritis, pericarditis 1 wk 5
4 26 F Yes ITC, AMB 3 wk S. apiospermum/P. boydii VRC-MICc Skin nodules, endophtalmitis, meningitis 6 mo 28
5 19 F Yes VRC 4 wk S. apiospermum/P. boydii VRC-CAS-TRB followed by POS Skin nodules, endophtalmitis, pansinusitis, chest wall cellulitis, mediastinitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, septic arthritis 14 mo 26
6 37 F Yes VRC 8 wk P. boydii VRC-CAS-TRB Skin nodules, endocarditis, CNS 6 mo This article
a

The outcome for all patients was death. M, male; F, female; NA, not available; ITC, itraconazole; MIC, miconazole; VRC, voriconazole; POS, posaconazole; AMB, amphotericin B; CAS, caspofungin; TRB, terbinafine; LTx, lung transplantation; CNS, central nervous system.

b

Diagnosis was made on brain biopsy.

c

Intraocular miconazole.