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Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient

Aspergillosis remains to be a life-threatening complication in immunocompromised patients. However, Aspergillus infection can be observed in non-immunocompromised individuals in rare cases. We report a case of liver aspergilloma in a chronic aplastic anemia patient under relatively intact immune sta...

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Autores principales: Bai, Qing-Xian, Huan, Yi, Wang, Jian-Hong, Yang, Li-Jie, Dong, Hong-Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23109838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms130911063
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author Bai, Qing-Xian
Huan, Yi
Wang, Jian-Hong
Yang, Li-Jie
Dong, Hong-Juan
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Huan, Yi
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description Aspergillosis remains to be a life-threatening complication in immunocompromised patients. However, Aspergillus infection can be observed in non-immunocompromised individuals in rare cases. We report a case of liver aspergilloma in a chronic aplastic anemia patient under relatively intact immune status. Therapeutic strategy for this rare condition was extensively discussed and caspofungin acetate single agent first-line therapy was applied after careful consideration. Encouraging clinical and radiologic improvements were achieved in response to the antifungal salvage. Our long-term follow-up study also revealed a favorable prognosis. Based on this experience, we suggest caspofungin acetate as first-line therapy for treatment plans of liver aspergilloma.
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spelling pubmed-34727302012-10-29 Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient Bai, Qing-Xian Huan, Yi Wang, Jian-Hong Yang, Li-Jie Dong, Hong-Juan Int J Mol Sci Case Report Aspergillosis remains to be a life-threatening complication in immunocompromised patients. However, Aspergillus infection can be observed in non-immunocompromised individuals in rare cases. We report a case of liver aspergilloma in a chronic aplastic anemia patient under relatively intact immune status. Therapeutic strategy for this rare condition was extensively discussed and caspofungin acetate single agent first-line therapy was applied after careful consideration. Encouraging clinical and radiologic improvements were achieved in response to the antifungal salvage. Our long-term follow-up study also revealed a favorable prognosis. Based on this experience, we suggest caspofungin acetate as first-line therapy for treatment plans of liver aspergilloma. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2012-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3472730/ /pubmed/23109838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms130911063 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Bai, Qing-Xian
Huan, Yi
Wang, Jian-Hong
Yang, Li-Jie
Dong, Hong-Juan
Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title_full Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title_fullStr Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title_full_unstemmed Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title_short Successful Treatment of Liver Aspergilloma by Caspofungin Acetate First-Line Therapy in a Non-Immunocompromised Patient
title_sort successful treatment of liver aspergilloma by caspofungin acetate first-line therapy in a non-immunocompromised patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23109838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms130911063
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