Isolated aspergillosis myocardial abscesses in a liver-transplant patient

Case Rep Transplant. 2014:2014:418357. doi: 10.1155/2014/418357. Epub 2014 Feb 23.

Abstract

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.