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Successful treatment due to vacuum seal technique of a severe Scedosporium apiospermum skin infection in a renal transplant recipient.

In transplantation medicine the occurrence of an invasive fungal infection is considered a major complication. Because of the immunosuppressed state, it is often difficult to cure the affected patients. Sometimes a fungal infection even progresses to a state where the transplant or the patient’s life may be threatened. Candida and aspergillus species are commonly encountered fungi in such settings. In contrast, we were confronted with an infection by the rare fungus Scedosporium apiospermum. It had caused a severe skin infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant. This fungal skin infection proved resistant to antifungal drug treatment and standard surgical debridement over many weeks. In fact the skin infection continued to spread to more proximal areas of the patient’s leg. However, change of the surgical treatment of the wound to the vacuum seal technique was followed by a rapid cure of the skin infection. The vacuum seal technique is a surgical procedure providing particularly intense cleansing of wounds from debris and other products of tissue decay. We would like to convey our unusual experience to other physicians potentially encountering similar infectious problems.