Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Oct 2022)

Case report: Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection with invasive right atrial mass in a heart transplant patient

  • Baudouin Bourlond,
  • Ana Cipriano,
  • Julien Regamey,
  • Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris,
  • Christel Kamani,
  • Christel Kamani,
  • Danila Seidel,
  • Danila Seidel,
  • Danila Seidel,
  • Danila Seidel,
  • Frederic Lamoth,
  • Frederic Lamoth,
  • Olivier Muller,
  • Patrick Yerly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1045353
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Scedosporium apiospermum associated endocarditis is extremely rare. We report a case of a disseminated S. apiospermum infection with an invasive right atrial mass in a 52-year-old male, 11 months after heart transplantation, referred to our institution for an endogenous endophthalmitis with a one-month history of diffuse myalgias and fatigue. The patient had been supported two times with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during the first three postoperative months. The echocardiography on admission revealed a mass in the right atrium attached to a thickened lateral wall. The whole-body [18F]FDG PET/CT revealed systemic dissemination in the lungs, muscles, and subcutaneous tissue. Blood cultures were positive on day three for filamentous fungi later identified as S. apiospermum. The disease was refractory to a 3-week dual antifungal therapy with voriconazole and anidulafungin in addition to reduced immunosuppression, and palliative care was implemented.

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