title: Primary gastrointestinal aspergillosis 6 months after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a case report.
abstract: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) represent one of the most aggressive infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients. Aspergillosis is the most frequent cause of IFI in allogeneic HCT (allo-HCT), with most of the cases involving the respiratory tract. Other infrequent and usually more aggressive forms of invasive aspergillosis include hepatic, neurological, and gastrointestinal (GI). We report herein a case of GI aspergillosis diagnosed in a living patient, off all systemic immunosuppression after an allo-HCT, who had undergone a permanent colostomy because of colon carcinoma 35 years before hematological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aizpurua
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roselló
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valcárcel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects