Possible Tyromyces fissilis (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) co-infection in a lung transplant recipient

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2015 Jan;60(1):33-5. doi: 10.1007/s12223-014-0336-0. Epub 2014 Jul 27.

Abstract

Invasive fungal diseases are severe complication of the lung transplant patients' follow-up as they are increasing the risk of rejection. We report a patient who developed possible Tyromyces fissilis co-infection during graft rejection episode 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. The fungus was detected using conventional culture methods as a filamentous basidiomycete and further placed to T. fissilis species based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences. The patient was treated according to the susceptibility testing results by voriconazole in combination with the anti-rejection therapy and recovered completely within few weeks. This is, to our knowledge, the first published case report of T. fissilis as a possible causative agent of an infection/rejection episode in a lung transplant recipient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Graft Rejection / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Mycoses / etiology
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Polyporales / genetics
  • Polyporales / isolation & purification
  • Polyporales / physiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
  • Transplant Recipients
  • Young Adult