title: Surgical resection for successful treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: report of 3 cases.
abstract: We present 3 patients, 2 with recent heart transplants, complicated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), treated successfully with surgical resection. These patients demonstrate the role of surgery in management of IPA, and 2 heart transplant patients are of particular interest as surgical treatment of IPA after solid organ transplantation is seldom reported.
authors.affiliation: Ege Saglik Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir, Turkey. kmetin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kivanc Sadik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Baran Sevket
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.forename: Birol
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kabakci
authors.forename: Nejat Osman
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Sariosmanoglu
authors.forename: Eyüp
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hazan
authors.forename: Oztekin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged