An unusual opportunistic infection causing lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding in a patient with severe alcoholic hepatitis, post-liver transplantation

Dhiraj Agrawal; Phani Krishna Ravula; Govind Verma

doi:10.1111/tid.14062

An unusual opportunistic infection causing lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding in a patient with severe alcoholic hepatitis, post-liver transplantation

Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;25(4):e14062. doi: 10.1111/tid.14062. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

Authors

Dhiraj Agrawal¹, Phani Krishna Ravula², Govind Verma¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, PACE Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
² Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, PACE Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

PMID: 37073834
DOI: 10.1111/tid.14062

No abstract available

Keywords: acute-on-chronic liver failure; breakthrough mucormycosis; invasive fungal infections; living donor liver transplantation; severe alcoholic hepatitis; targeted antifungal prophylaxis.

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Hepatitis, Alcoholic* / complications
Hepatitis, Alcoholic* / surgery
Humans
Liver Transplantation* / adverse effects
Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
Mucormycosis* / drug therapy
Opportunistic Infections* / diagnosis
Opportunistic Infections* / drug therapy
Opportunistic Infections* / etiology

Substances

Antifungal Agents