%0 Journal Article %A Santillan Salas, Carlos F. %A Joshi, Avni Y. %A Dhiman, Neelam %A Banerjee, Ritu %A Huskins, W. Charles %A Wengenack, Nancy L. %A Henry, Nancy K. %T Fatal post-operative Trichoderma longibrachiatum mediastinitis and peritonitis in a paediatric patient with complex congenital cardiac disease on peritoneal dialysis %D 2011 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 60 %N 12 %P 1869-1871 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.030718-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Trichoderma longibrachiatum is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Trichoderma post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a child with complex congenital cardiac disease and functional asplenia. The patient was treated unsuccessfully, initially with caspofungin alone followed by a combination of voriconazole (systemic and topical), caspofungin and intraperitoneal amphotericin B. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.030718-0