Abstract
A cardiac transplant recipient developed systemic aspergillosis with abscesses from aspergillus fumigatus in the brain and the right kidney. Surgical resections were performed (lobectomy for the brain abscess, partial resection for the renal abscess followed, after extension of the infection, by right nephrectomy) combined with therapy with itraconazole, a new antimycotic agent. Recovery from the infection was obtained and at 18 months of follow-up the patient feels well without signs of recurrences of the infection.
MeSH terms
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Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
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Aspergillosis / diagnostic imaging
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Aspergillosis / therapy
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Aspergillus fumigatus
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Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
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Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Brain Diseases / therapy
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Transplantation*
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Humans
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Kidney Diseases / diagnosis*
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Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Kidney Diseases / therapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
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Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
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Postoperative Complications / therapy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed