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Aspergillosis
Researchers from Ankara University, Department of Nephrology detail findings in aspergillosis
December 16th, 2008
New research, 'Fatal outcome of disseminated invasive aspergillosis in kidney allograft recipients,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Ankara, Turkey, "Fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients are of concern due to the related high mortality and morbidity. Aspergillus species are one of the major opportunistic fungal pathogens causing invasive pulmonary infections which rarely involve extrapulmonary organs." "The occurrence varies by type of transplantation, with aspergillosis more frequently associated with heart, liver and lung transplantation cases than those involving kidney recipients. Several risk factors have been proposed, with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-16)
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