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Invasive candidiasis following liver transplantation and surgical complications
Author(s) -
Auzinger Georg
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02135.x
Subject(s) - anidulafungin , medicine , invasive candidiasis , liver transplantation , sepsis , antifungal , liver failure , intensive care medicine , surgery , transplantation , fluconazole , dermatology , micafungin
Summary The following case report describes a patient with acute liver failure who presented in multiple organ failure and required emergency liver transplantation. A complicated postoperative course lead to sepsis which did not respond to conventional anti bacterial therapy. Despite antifungal prophylaxis with an azole invasive candidiasis was diagnosed and the patient was successfully treated with anidulafungin. The difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infections in this population are highlighted.