Invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus in a living donor liver transplant recipient successfully treated by caspofungin.

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Invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus in a living donor liver transplant recipient successfully treated by caspofungin. / Walter, Jessica; Sobottka, Ingo; Rogiers, Xavier; Broering, Dieter; Fischer, Lutz.

In: MYCOSES, Vol. 54, No. 4, 4, 2011, p. 220-222.

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title = "Invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus in a living donor liver transplant recipient successfully treated by caspofungin.",
abstract = "Invasive aspergillosis is one of the most severe complications after liver transplantation characterised by early dissemination of disease and high mortality. Recent data show that the prognosis is diminishing even further when Aspergillus terreus, a strain resistant to standard treatment with amphotericin, is isolated. We report a high risk liver transplant recipient with multiple co-morbidities including renal failure and allograft dysfunction in whom pulmonary aspergillosis due to A. terreus was successfully treated by the echinocandin antifungal agent caspofungin.",
author = "Jessica Walter and Ingo Sobottka and Xavier Rogiers and Dieter Broering and Lutz Fischer",
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pages = "220--222",
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T1 - Invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus in a living donor liver transplant recipient successfully treated by caspofungin.

AU - Walter, Jessica

AU - Sobottka, Ingo

AU - Rogiers, Xavier

AU - Broering, Dieter

AU - Fischer, Lutz

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Invasive aspergillosis is one of the most severe complications after liver transplantation characterised by early dissemination of disease and high mortality. Recent data show that the prognosis is diminishing even further when Aspergillus terreus, a strain resistant to standard treatment with amphotericin, is isolated. We report a high risk liver transplant recipient with multiple co-morbidities including renal failure and allograft dysfunction in whom pulmonary aspergillosis due to A. terreus was successfully treated by the echinocandin antifungal agent caspofungin.

AB - Invasive aspergillosis is one of the most severe complications after liver transplantation characterised by early dissemination of disease and high mortality. Recent data show that the prognosis is diminishing even further when Aspergillus terreus, a strain resistant to standard treatment with amphotericin, is isolated. We report a high risk liver transplant recipient with multiple co-morbidities including renal failure and allograft dysfunction in whom pulmonary aspergillosis due to A. terreus was successfully treated by the echinocandin antifungal agent caspofungin.

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VL - 54

SP - 220

EP - 222

JO - MYCOSES

JF - MYCOSES

SN - 0933-7407

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