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Invasive aspergillosis in solid-organ transplantation: report of eight cases and review of the literature

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Transplant International

Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are life-threatening complications in solid-organ transplantation. Although the rate of fungal infections in transplant recipients is lower than that of other infections, the mortality rate is higher. The most frequent fungi isolated from these kinds of infections are Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. We retrospectively evaluated the clinical and laboratory findings in eight patients who were treated for invasive aspergillosis (IA) at our center. This report describes these cases and discusses the relevant literature.

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, 1. Cadde 12. Sokak No. 7/9, 06490 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey

    Funda Ergin, Hande Arslan & Alpay Azap

  2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey

    Beyhan Demirhan

  3. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey

    Hamdi Karakayalı & Mehmet Haberal

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Ergin, F., Arslan, H., Azap, A. et al. Invasive aspergillosis in solid-organ transplantation: report of eight cases and review of the literature. Transpl Int 16, 280–286 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00147-002-0522-x

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