Fusarium solani in the post-transplant patient: an unusual fungus.

Int J Low Extrem Wounds

Department of Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, India.

Published: March 2008

The incidence of fungal infections in post-transplant patients ranges from 2% to 50%, and more uncommon pathogens are being isolated. Earlier, the fungi seen were candida, aspergillus, and cryptococcus; and of late, histoplasma, coccidiodomycoses, and dematiaceous fungi are seen. In this article, a patient with invasive fusariosis is presented, and literature of this uncommon fungus is reviewed.

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