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Treatment of cerebral aspergillosis after liver transplantation
J M Polo1, E Fábrega, F Casafont
1Service of Neurology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
Neurology
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report the treatment of cerebral aspergillosis with amphotericin B, flucytosine, surgery, and liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) after a liver transplant. The patient died 2 months after cessation of antifungal therapy, as a consequence of multiple-system organ failure. The only relevant postmortem finding in the brain was a small, encapsulated abscess containing hyphae. This case indicates that L-AmB is an effective alternative drug for cerebral aspergillosis.