Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis After Living Donor Liver Transplantation Should Be Eradicated or Not? A Case Report
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dc.contributor.author | Park, J. W. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, J. H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, W. B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Han, H. J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, S. B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yeon, J. E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Byun, K. S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, S. Y. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-07T11:11:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-07T11:11:20Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-06-14 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011-07 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0041-1345 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/112144 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a rare complication with a high mortality rate after organ transplantation. Early antifungal therapy improves survival. In some cases, surgical resection is necessary for a complete remission. We have reported herein a case of sustained (but stationary) IPA cured by the modulation of immunosuppression with discontinuation of antifungal therapy. Case. A 34-year-old man underwent liver transplantation experiencing are early bile leak and an acute rejection episode. Steroid pulse therapy was accompanied by intensified immunosuppression. After a week he developed intermittent hemoptysis, which was treated with antibiotics due to a diagnosis of pneumonia by chest X ray. Meanwhile the bile leak progressed to a huge biloma at reoperation 3 weeks after the initial operation he was converted from a choledochocholedochostomy to a hepaticojejunostomy. After 1 week, follow-up chest X ray showed the lesion had progressed to form an abscess. Subsequent chest computed tomography (CT) detected a pulmonary mass with internal necrosis and CT-guided lung biopsy revealed Aspergillus fumigatus on isolation. Antifungal therapy with voriconazole and/or amphotericin B for 3 months stopped disease progression but the lesion was sustained. We stopped antifungal therapy due to side effects and reduced the intensity of immunosuppression. Follow-up chest CT 5 months later showed improvement with a persistent cavitary lesion containing a fungal ball. However, after 9 months, there was no focal lesion in either lung. This unusual case of IPA was cured by reducing immunosuppression without antifungal therapy. Conclusion. IPA should be eradicated with prompt antifugal therapy, but stationary IPA can be observed cautiously while reducing immunosuppression. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | - |
dc.subject | IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS | - |
dc.subject | CLINICAL FINDINGS | - |
dc.subject | ORGAN TRANSPLANT | - |
dc.subject | INFECTIONS | - |
dc.title | Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis After Living Donor Liver Transplantation Should Be Eradicated or Not? A Case Report | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Park, J. W. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Kim, J. H. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Kim, W. B. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Han, H. J. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Choi, S. B. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Yeon, J. E. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Byun, K. S. | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Choi, S. Y. | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.05.034 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-80051683281 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000294102000071 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, v.43, no.6, pp.2428 - 2430 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS | - |
dc.citation.title | TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS | - |
dc.citation.volume | 43 | - |
dc.citation.number | 6 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 2428 | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 2430 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scie | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Immunology | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Surgery | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Transplantation | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Immunology | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Surgery | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Transplantation | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CLINICAL FINDINGS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ORGAN TRANSPLANT | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | INFECTIONS | - |
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