[Zygomycosis following liver transplantation in adults: report of three cases]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2003 Nov-Dec;36(6):729-33.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

We report three cases of zygomycosis following liver transplant in a series of 300 patients. Diagnosis was determined via anatomicopathological examination (on necropsy in two cases and during surgery in one case). The disease had different manifestations: rhinomaxillary, gastrointestinal and, in one case, it compromised the liver artery anastomosis. In this case, surgical removal of the affected region and use of amphotericin B achieved resolution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy
  • Zygomycosis / etiology*
  • Zygomycosis / pathology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B