Successful, combined long-term treatment of cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant patient

被引：14

作者：

Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion P. ^{[1
]}

Tsoulfas, Georgios ^{[2
]}

Tsonidis, Christos ^{[1
]}

Imvrios, George ^{[2
]}

Papanikolaou, Vasilios ^{[2
]}

Giakoustidis, Dimitrios ^{[2
]}

Marinopoulos, Dimitrios ^{[1
]}

Takoudas, Dimitrios ^{[2
]}

Tsitsopoulos, Phillipos D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Hippokrat Gen Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

[2] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Hippokrat Gen Hosp, Div Transplantat, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

来源：

VIRULENCE | 2010年 / 1卷 / 05期

关键词：

LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTERICIN-B; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; FUNGAL-INFECTIONS; RISK-FACTORS; RECIPIENTS; VORICONAZOLE; COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; CULTURE;

D O I：

10.4161/viru.1.5.13110

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Invasive aspergillosis has long been recognized as one of the most significant and often fatal opportunistic fungal infections in liver transplant recipients. We report a case of a liver transplant recipient who developed an Aspergillus fumigatus brain abscess that produced significant neurologic symptoms. The patient was managed successfully with a combination of surgery and medical treatment with Voriconazole. To our knowledge, this is the second such case reported in the literature.

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