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Saksenaea vasiformis infection in an immunocompetent patient in rural Australia
Wiktor Teodor Pilch1, Ned Kinnear1,2, Derek Barry Hennessey2,3
1Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Service, Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia.
BMJ Case Reports
|June 21, 2017
Abstract:
An 81-year-old man from rural Australia presented with right pretibial cellulitis 7 days after minor trauma against furniture. He failed to improve despite antibiotics and surgical debridement. Subsequent cultures grew the rare fungus Saksenaea vasiformis, which was treated with further surgical debridement, amphotericin B and posaconazole. This was successful and the patient made a full recovery. We present the case and discuss lessons learnt.
