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 X. Zhang; Kieren A. Marr

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.001

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 X. Zhang, Kieren A. 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 language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	374-375
Number of pages	2
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	73
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.001
State	Published - Aug 2012

Keywords

Central nervous system infection
Invasive aspergillosis
Liver transplant recipient

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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 X.; Marr, Kieren A.

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

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