Prostatic Aspergillosis in a Heart Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review

Valerio, Maricela; Fernàndez-Yáñez, J.; Palomo, Jesús; Guinea, Jesús; Durán, Ramón; Sarmiento, E.; Carbone, J.; Bouza, Emilio; Muñóz, Patricia

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2009.03.002

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“…We have previously reported that addition of IVIG replacement therapy in heart recipients with severe IgG hypogammaglobulinemia and refractory CMV disease despite gancyclovir therapy was associated with clearance of CMV viral load and remission of CMV-related symptoms [11]. In another report we suggested the role of IgG replacement in the control of systemic aspergillus infection in a patient with secondary antibody deficiency after heart transplantation [12]. We have also reported that IgG replacement therapy is associated with reconstitution of specific antibodies in heart recipients with severe infections and IgG hypogammaglobulinemia [13].…”

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Secondary Antibody Deficiency in a Heart Recipient with Systemic Aspergillosis

Carbone¹,

Fernàndez-Yáñez²,

Sousa³

et al. 2018

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Secondary antibody deficiency has been associated with risk of invasive fungal infections in solid organ transplantation. Single center, multi-center and meta-analysis studies have tested this association. Therapy of these infectious complications in the presence of a secondary antibody deficiency after transplantation remain a challenge for transplant teams. Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of this combined clinical scenario. We report the case of a patient with severe secondary immunodeficiency before and after heart transplantation who developed several infectious complications including, cardiac invasive aspergillosis, and had a long-term survival after combination therapy of antimicrobial drugs and prolonged intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy.

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Secondary Antibody Deficiency in a Heart Recipient with Systemic Aspergillosis

Carbone¹,

Fernàndez-Yáñez²,

Sousa³

et al. 2018

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“…Invasive prostatic aspergillosis (IPRA) is a rare condition with a few cases in the literature. Moreover, the prostate is considered a reservoir of microorganisms, where higher doses of VRC are recommended for treatment [ 15 , 16 ]. Table 1 shows increasing MICs for VRC according to the isolates date.…”

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Selection of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates carrying the G448S substitution in CYP51A gene after long-term treatment with voriconazole in an immunocompromised patient

Pontes¹,

Beraquet²,

Arai³

et al. 2022

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“…The invasiveness of the fungus is due to its great angioinvasive capacity and it can spread both by contiguity and by hematogenous route to organs distant from the primary infection, such as the CNS, liver, spleen, kidneys, prostate, etc. [ 130 ].…”

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Air pollution and health prevention: A document of reflection

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Vargas²,

Alcázar³

et al. 2022

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Ambient air quality, pollution and its implication on health is a topic of enormous importance that is normally dealt with by major specialists in their particular areas of interest. In general, it is not discussed from multidisciplinary approaches or with a language that can reach everyone. For this reason, the Health Sciences Foundation, from its prevention area, has formulated a series of questions to people with very varied competences in the area of ambient air quality in order to obtain a global panorama of the problem and its elements of measurement and control. The answers have been produced by specialists in each subject and have been subjected to a general discussion that has allowed conclusions to be reached on each point. The subject was divided into three main blocks: external ambient air, internal ambient air, mainly in the workplace, and hospital ambient air and the consequences of its poor control. Along with the definitions of each area and the indicators of good and bad quality, some necessary solutions have been pointed out. We have tried to know the current legislation on this problem and the competences of the different administrations on it. Despite its enormous importance, ambient air uality and health is not usually a topic of frequent presence in the general media and we have asked about the causes of this. Finally, the paper addresses a series of reflections from the perspective of ethics and very particularly in the light of the events that the present pandemic raises. This work aims to provide objective data and opinions that will enable non-specialists in the field to gain a better understanding of this worrying reality.

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Prostatic Aspergillosis in a Heart Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Secondary Antibody Deficiency in a Heart Recipient with Systemic Aspergillosis

Secondary Antibody Deficiency in a Heart Recipient with Systemic Aspergillosis

Selection of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates carrying the G448S substitution in CYP51A gene after long-term treatment with voriconazole in an immunocompromised patient

Air pollution and health prevention: A document of reflection

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