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See Latest ArticlesPseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in a heart transplant recipient
Transplant Infectious Disease, 10/27/09
Ramos A et al. – The authors report the case of a patient who received a heart transplant because of cardiac amyloidosis and who developed pseudomembranous AT. Possible risk factors concurrent in this case were splenectomy, lymphocytopenia, and previous cytomegalovirus infection. Bronchoscopic examination revealed raised yellowish pseudomembranous plaques on the tracheobronchial tree. Bronchoalveolar lavage and aspirate cultures yielded Aspergillus fumigatus. The patient recovered with voriconazole.
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