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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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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. |
author_facet | 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/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report 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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