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Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with Pneumocystis jiroveci infection in orthotopic liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Almaslmani M.,
Derbala M.F.,
Albozom I.,
Khattab M.,
Chacko K.,
Alani A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2008.00300.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia , bronchiolitis obliterans , prednisolone , pneumonia , liver transplantation , pneumocystis carinii , bronchiolitis , gastroenterology , transplantation , lung transplantation , respiratory system , pneumocystis jirovecii
We report a patient who presented 6 months after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with fever, dyspnea, and pulmonary infiltrates with biopsy‐confirmed Pneumocystis jiroveci infection associated with a process of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). We present this second case of BOOP associated with P. carinii pneumonia after OLT to highlight the risk of such disease combination in all transplant patients as well as discuss the protective effect of post‐transplant prednisolone with trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and the possible duration of prophylaxis.