Infect Chemother.
2003 Aug;35(4):221-225.
Disseminated Aspergillosis following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in an Acute Leukemic Patient who was Previously Treated for Invasive Aspergillosis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. heechoi@ewha.ac.kr
- 2Department of Internal Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Invasive aspergillosis has been increasing as the number of severe immunocompromised hosts rises. Particularly, in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients, incidence of invasive aspergillosis ranges from 4 to 10%. Even with appropriate treatment, the prognosis of invasive aspergillosis in allogeneic HSCT recipients remains poor, showing high mortality rate. Herein, we report a case where invasive aspergillosis in a patient with acute myelogeneous leukemia progressed to disseminated aspergillosis after allogeneic HSCT. A 31-year-old woman with acute myelogenous leukemia had invasive aspergillosis after third reinduction chemotherapy. After administering amphotericin B, the patient underwent the wedge resection of lung, and HLA-matched allogeneic HSCT was then conducted. On day 14 of transplantation, the patient died of disseminated aspergillosis, including possible cerebritis and endocarditis despite the amphotericin B therapy.
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