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Aspergillosis
Yonsei University reports research in aspergillosis
April 14th, 2009
According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a serious and lethal complication among organ transplant recipients. This report described the clinical manifestations and treatment of IPA over a 28-year period." "From January 1979 to December 2007, 3215 organ transplant patients (2954 kidney and 261 liver recipients) were enrolled in the study. Nine patients developed IPA (7 kidney and 2 liver recipients), yielding an incidence of 0.003% (9/3215). Five IPA patients (55.6%) were diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy or autopsy, and 3 (33.3%) by sputum culture study. One patient was diagnosed through clinical...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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