Isolated Aspergillosis Myocardial Abscesses in a Liver-Transplant Patient

oleh: Kim-Diêp Dang-Tran, Valérie Chabbert, Laure Esposito, Céline Guilbeau-Frugier, Fabrice Dédouit, Lionel Rostaing, Hervé Rousseau, Phillippe Otal, Nassim Kamar

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Diterbitkan: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01

Deskripsi

Cardiac abscess is an uncommon and fatal complication after transplantation. We report a case of an initially isolated aspergillosis myocardial abscess diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI). At that time, there was no other biological evidence or other extracardiac manifestations. A three-month course of dual antifungal therapy followed by a single antifungal therapy was empirically given. Six month after admission, Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated for the first time and the patient deceased from a disseminated aspergillosis.