Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
We describe the epidemiology of invasive fungal disease (IFD) in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Eight patients (4%) suffered IFD. Prolonged central access, delayed chest closure, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) were associated with early post-transplant IFD. Delayed chest closure and ECMO were associated with administration of systemic antifungals.
Authors
- Matthew J. O’Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-7110)
- Kevin J. Downes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-8146)
- W Otto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-1445)
- Anna Sharova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-4835)
- Kimberly Y. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-9797)
- Lara Danziger‐Isakov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-5221)
- Thomas D. Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-576X)
- Mickael Boustany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4814-755X)
- Jeffrey Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6918-2821)
- Matthew Liversedge
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Drexel University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf101
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00