Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a liver transplant recipient with central nervous system invasive aspergillosis

Dionissios Neofytos, Shmuel Shoham, Kerry Dierberg, Katharine Le, Simon Dufresne, Sean Xiang Zhang, Kieren Marr

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Abstract

This is a case report of central nervous system (CNS) invasive aspergillosis (IA) in a liver transplant recipient, which illustrates the utility of enzyme-based diagnostic tools for the timely and accurate diagnosis of IA, the treatment challenges and poor outcomes associated with CNS IA in liver transplant recipients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)374-375
Number of pages2
JournalDiagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume73
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012

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Central Nervous System
Aspergillosis
Liver
Enzymes
Therapeutics
Transplant Recipients

Keywords

  • Central nervous system infection
  • Invasive aspergillosis
  • Liver transplant recipient

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a liver transplant recipient with central nervous system invasive aspergillosis. / Neofytos, Dionissios; Shoham, Shmuel; Dierberg, Kerry; Le, Katharine; Dufresne, Simon; Zhang, Sean Xiang; Marr, Kieren.

In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Vol. 73, No. 4, 08.2012, p. 374-375.

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Neofytos, D, Shoham, S, Dierberg, K, Le, K, Dufresne, S, Zhang, SX & Marr, K 2012, 'Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a liver transplant recipient with central nervous system invasive aspergillosis', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 374-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.001
Neofytos D, Shoham S, Dierberg K, Le K, Dufresne S, Zhang SX et al. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a liver transplant recipient with central nervous system invasive aspergillosis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2012 Aug;73(4):374-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.001
Neofytos, Dionissios ; Shoham, Shmuel ; Dierberg, Kerry ; Le, Katharine ; Dufresne, Simon ; Zhang, Sean Xiang ; Marr, Kieren. / Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a liver transplant recipient with central nervous system invasive aspergillosis. In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2012 ; Vol. 73, No. 4. pp. 374-375.
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