[Severe Aspergillus endophthalmitis occurring after liver transplantation in an 8-month-old baby].
Immunosuppressed patients and transplant patients bear an increased risk for invasive aspergillosis and Aspergillus endophthalmitis. An 8-month-old boy developed severe unilateral panuveitis after liver transplantation. Bronchopulmonary infiltrates were present, but a pulmonary Aspergillus infection was not confirmed. An enucleation was performed in order to prevent a life-threatening disseminated Aspergillus infection.
Pollack
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Augenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland. katharina.pollack@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Naeke
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Fischer
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Kohlhaas
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M
Pillunat
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D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male