Clinical and radiological features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in transplant recipients and neutropenic patients

Transpl Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 1;12(4):309-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00499.x. Epub 2010 Feb 25.

Abstract

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is an important cause of mortality in transplant recipients and in patients with neutropenia. Although IPA has been studied extensively in neutropenic patients, there are limited data on IPA in recipients of solid organ transplants (SOTs). We compared the clinical features and radiologic findings of 27 SOT recipients with IPA with those of 35 neutropenic patients with IPA. The SOT recipients were more likely than neutropenic patients to show peribronchial consolidation (31% vs. 7%; P=0.03) or ground-glass opacity (38% vs. 7%; P=0.007) and less likely to have fever (22% vs. 80%; P<0.001), macro-nodules (35% vs. 67%; P=0.02), mass-like consolidation (27% vs. 67%; P=0.004), halo signs (8% vs. 56%; P<0.001), or air-crescent signs (0% vs. 22%; P=0.01).

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / mortality
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis* / physiopathology
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Neutropenia / complications*
  • Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Republic of Korea
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Young Adult