Isolated Aspergillosis Myocardial Abscesses in a Liver-Transplant Patient | Zendy

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Isolated Aspergillosis Myocardial Abscesses in a Liver-Transplant Patient

Author(s) -

KimDiêp DangTran,

V. Chabbert,

Laure Esposito,

Céline GuilbeauFrugier,

Fabrice Dédouit,

Lionel Rostaing,

Hervé Rousseau,

Phillippe Otal,

Nassim Kamar

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6943

pISSN - 2090-6951

DOI - 10.1155/2014/418357

Subject(s) - aspergillosis , aspergillus fumigatus , medicine , antifungal , complication , magnetic resonance imaging , liver transplantation , abscess , liver abscess , surgery , cardiac magnetic resonance , aspergillus , transplantation , radiology , immunology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Cardiac abscess is an uncommon and fatal complication after transplantation. We report a case of an initially isolated aspergillosis myocardial abscess diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI). At that time, there was no other biological evidence or other extracardiac manifestations. A three-month course of dual antifungal therapy followed by a single antifungal therapy was empirically given. Six month after admission, Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated for the first time and the patient deceased from a disseminated aspergillosis.

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