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Title: | Successful treatment of Xylohypha bantiana brain abscess mimicking invasive cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient | Authors: | Lee, Y.M. Tambyah, P.A. Lee, K.H. Lim, S.G. Tan, K.C. |
Keywords: | Aspergillosis Cadaveric liver transplant Xylophypha bantiana |
Issue Date: | 2003 | Citation: | Lee, Y.M., Tambyah, P.A., Lee, K.H., Lim, S.G., Tan, K.C. (2003). Successful treatment of Xylohypha bantiana brain abscess mimicking invasive cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient. Journal of Infection 47 (4) : 348-351. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00099-9 | Abstract: | Invasive aspergillosis is a highly lethal disease in immunocompromised hosts especially with central nervous system involvement. In a review of 2380 liver transplants performed over 14 years, 13 out of 15 fungal brain abscesses were due to Aspergillus species and only one patient survived [Arch Surg, 132 (1997) 304]. Dematiaceous fungi while less readily recognised, often have a more favorable outcome [Transplantation, 63 (1997) 160]. We report a Xylophypha bantiana cerebral abscess in a liver transplant recipient initially identified as a branching mould on histology that had a successful outcome due to aggressive appropriate treatment. © 2003 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Journal of Infection | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/117880 | ISSN: | 01634453 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00099-9 |
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