Cerebral aspergillosis is a life-threatening complication in liver transplant recipients, with mortality rates approaching 100%; treatment with amphotericin B is of limited efficacy because of its poor distribution in the cerebrospinal fluid and its systemic side effects. We report the case of a liver transplant recipient who developed recurrent cerebral Aspergillus fumigatus infection, and was successfully treated by combined surgical excision of the lesion and administration of liposomal amphotericin B. This first report of long-term complication-free survival in a liver transplant recipient suggests that therapy with liposomal amphotericin B may reduce the risk of recurrence of cerebral aspergillosis in these immunocompromised patients. PMID:9551693[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Cerebral Aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient / Iemmolo, Rm; Rossanese, A; Gerunda, G.; Neri, D; Strazzabosco, M. - In: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-8278. - STAMPA. - 28 (3):(1998), pp. 518-522.

Cerebral Aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient

Gerunda, G.;
1998

Abstract

Cerebral aspergillosis is a life-threatening complication in liver transplant recipients, with mortality rates approaching 100%; treatment with amphotericin B is of limited efficacy because of its poor distribution in the cerebrospinal fluid and its systemic side effects. We report the case of a liver transplant recipient who developed recurrent cerebral Aspergillus fumigatus infection, and was successfully treated by combined surgical excision of the lesion and administration of liposomal amphotericin B. This first report of long-term complication-free survival in a liver transplant recipient suggests that therapy with liposomal amphotericin B may reduce the risk of recurrence of cerebral aspergillosis in these immunocompromised patients. PMID:9551693[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
1998
28 (3)
518
522
Cerebral Aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient / Iemmolo, Rm; Rossanese, A; Gerunda, G.; Neri, D; Strazzabosco, M. - In: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-8278. - STAMPA. - 28 (3):(1998), pp. 518-522.
Iemmolo, Rm; Rossanese, A; Gerunda, G.; Neri, D; Strazzabosco, M
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