Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in a pediatric liver transplant recipient: favorable outcome without cardiac surgery
| Autor: | Virginie Lambert, Sophie Branchereau, Stéphane Bretagne, Philippe Durand, Chantal Maurage, Emmanuel Jacquemin, Olivia Mourier, Olivier Bernard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors Heart disease medicine.medical_treatment Administration Oral Liver transplantation Aspergillosis Polymerase Chain Reaction Aspergillus fumigatus Postoperative Complications medicine Endocarditis Humans Mycosis Transplantation biology business.industry Mortality rate Infant biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Echocardiography Doppler Cardiac surgery Surgery Liver Transplantation Treatment Outcome Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Heart Transplantation Female business Immunosuppressive Agents |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric transplantation. 13(5) |
| ISSN: | 1399-3046 |
| Popis: | Transplant recipients are very susceptible to invasive aspergillosis, which increases mortality rate. Disseminated aspergillosis in the liver transplant recipient can affect virtually any organ and endocarditis is often lethal despite cardiac surgery and antifungal therapy. We report the case of a eight-month-old girl who presented with Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis 18 days after liver transplantation that was successfully treated by a combination of antifungal drugs associated to a low dosage of immunosuppressive therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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