Concomitant Aspergillus and Cytomegalovirus Infection in Heart Transplant: Early Diagnosis is the Key to Successful Treatment

TİGEN E., Tigen K., Karaahmet T., ODABAŞI Z., KORTEN V.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, vol.7, no.3, pp.168-172, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.168-172
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Concomitant infections, which are common in patients who have received an organ transplant, must be diagnosed and treated early to prevent high mortality rates. We describe a case of concomitant Cytomegalovirus infection and Aspergillus pneumonia in a heart transplant patient who received pulsed steroids as therapy for rejection, and we describe the successful treatment of that coinfection with ganciclovir and voriconazole.