Fusarium Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Voriconazole

Table 1

Fusarium infection in kidney transplant recipients.

Reference	Age (years)	Gender	Site of infection	Time at diagnosis	Treatment	Outcome
Young and Meyers [15]	30	F	Localized, skin	5 years after transplantation	Surgical excision	Cure
Heinz et al. [16]	45	M	Localized, skin	21 weeks after transplantation	Surgical amputation	Cure
Girardi et al. [17]	50	M	Localized, skin	2 years after transplantation	Surgical debridement	Poor response
Cocuroccia et al. [18]	53	M	Localized, skin	4 years after transplantation	Itraconazole	Cure
Garbino et al. [19]	56	F	Peritoneal cavity	Pretransplantation	Voriconazole for 2 months	Cure
Present report	55	M	Perinephric	One month	Voriconazole for 5 months	Cure