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JOURNAL OF FUNGI
卷 7, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof7060487
关键词
dermal substitute; infection; Trichoderma; Aspergillus; critical burns; liver transplantation; immunosuppression
资金
- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic [17-29874A, NV19-05-00214]
Infectious complications, mainly caused by bacteria, are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in critical burn patients, yet fungi have been increasingly identified as common pathogens in infections. A case study of a young man with severe burns and a dual fungal infection highlights the challenges of managing such infections in burn patients, requiring thorough debridement and systemic antifungal treatment before successful skin grafting.
Infectious complications are responsible for the majority of mortalities and morbidities of patients with critical burns. Although bacteria are the predominant etiological agents in such patients, yeasts and fungi have become relatively common causes of infections over the last decade. Here, we report a case of a young man with critical burns on 88% TBSA (total body surface area) arising as a part of polytrauma. The patient's history of orthotopic liver transplantation associated with the patient's need to use combined immunosuppressant therapy was an additional complication. Due to deep burns in the forearm region, we have (after a suitable wound bed preparation) applied a new bi-layered dermal substitute. The patient, however, developed a combined fungal infection in the region of this dermal substitute caused by Trichoderma longibrachiatum and Aspergillus fischeri (the first case ever reported). The infection caused the loss of the split-thickness skin grafts (STSGs); we had to perform repeated hydrosurgical and mechanical debridement and a systemic antifungal treatment prior to re-application of the STSGs. The subsequent skin transplant was successful.
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