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2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Tomiyama ◽  
Takashi Motomura ◽  
Norifumi Iseda ◽  
Akinari Morinaga ◽  
Tomonari Shimagaki ◽  
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Abstract Background Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is one of the most serious causes of death after liver transplantation (LT). IA is the second most common fungal infection, and its mortality rate exceeds 80%. Case presentation A 67-year-old man presented to our hospital because of fulminant hepatitis caused by hepatitis B virus. Candidiasis was detected in his sputum, and micafungin had already been administered. Living-donor LT was performed using a right lobe graft donated from his daughter with no intraoperative complications. Although he appeared to have good graft function, his oxygenation was inadequate, and a chest radiograph showed many invasive shadows on postoperative day 1. A computed tomography scan also showed many invasive shadows with the halo sign. A blood examination revealed positivity for Aspergillus antigen, and Aspergillus species were detected in his sputum. IA was diagnosed. The antifungal therapy was soon modified to amphotericin B combined with caspofungin. Despite good graft blood flow through the portal vein and hepatic artery and good graft function, the patient died of IA on postoperative day 3. The median time from LT to IA among reports published to date ranges from 18 to 25 days. Conclusions The present report describes the first case of very early onset of IA after LT.



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2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1060-1063
Author(s):  
Florian Pecquenard ◽  
Masaaki Hidaka ◽  
Koji Natsuda ◽  
Tota Kugiyama ◽  
Takashi Hamada ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 3347-3350
Author(s):  
Xiaoxin Mu ◽  
Chen Wu ◽  
Guoqiang Li ◽  
Xinli Huang ◽  
Xuehao Wang ◽  
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