Verruconis gallopava cardiac and endovascular infection with dissemination after renal transplantation: case report and lessons learned

Publication date: Available online 13 December 2016
Source:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Author(s): Zoe Jennings, Kathy Kable, Catriona L. Halliday, Brian J. Nankivell, Jen Kok, Germaine Wong, Sharon C-A. Chen
Verruconis gallopava is an uncommon cause of phaeohyphomycosis. We describe an unusual case of disseminated V. gallopava infection in a renal transplant recipient involving the endocardium but without endocarditis, associated with fungaemia and infection in the skin, oral cavity, brain and lung. The isolate was first detected from blood cultures which is rare. Surgical resection of cardiac fungal mass was not possible. The patient died despite resolution of fungaemia and combination antifungal therapy.



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