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Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Invasive fungal infections in immunosuppressed transplant patients are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a case of splenic mucormycosis post-double lung transplant, presenting as uncontrolled near-fatal upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, to remind clinicians of the nee...

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Autores principales: O’Connor, Ciara, Farrell, Ciaran, Fabre, Aurelie, Eaton, Donna, Redmond, Karen, McSharry, David G., Conneely, John B., Shields, Conor J., Egan, Jim J., Hannan, Margaret M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30023164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.009
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author O’Connor, Ciara
Farrell, Ciaran
Fabre, Aurelie
Eaton, Donna
Redmond, Karen
McSharry, David G.
Conneely, John B.
Shields, Conor J.
Egan, Jim J.
Hannan, Margaret M.
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description Invasive fungal infections in immunosuppressed transplant patients are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a case of splenic mucormycosis post-double lung transplant, presenting as uncontrolled near-fatal upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, to remind clinicians of the need to consider pre-transplant invasive fungal infection risk factors if an unexpected fungal infection arises in the post-transplant period. This case also highlights the valuable contribution of molecular technology for fungal identification but also the need for clinical correlation.
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spelling pubmed-60480002018-07-18 Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage O’Connor, Ciara Farrell, Ciaran Fabre, Aurelie Eaton, Donna Redmond, Karen McSharry, David G. Conneely, John B. Shields, Conor J. Egan, Jim J. Hannan, Margaret M. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Invasive fungal infections in immunosuppressed transplant patients are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a case of splenic mucormycosis post-double lung transplant, presenting as uncontrolled near-fatal upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, to remind clinicians of the need to consider pre-transplant invasive fungal infection risk factors if an unexpected fungal infection arises in the post-transplant period. This case also highlights the valuable contribution of molecular technology for fungal identification but also the need for clinical correlation. Elsevier 2018-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6048000/ /pubmed/30023164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.009 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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O’Connor, Ciara
Farrell, Ciaran
Fabre, Aurelie
Eaton, Donna
Redmond, Karen
McSharry, David G.
Conneely, John B.
Shields, Conor J.
Egan, Jim J.
Hannan, Margaret M.
Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title_full Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title_fullStr Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title_full_unstemmed Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title_short Near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
title_sort near-fatal mucormycosis post-double lung transplant presenting as uncontrolled upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30023164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.009
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