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Query: UMLS:C0023890 (
cirrhosis
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We describe the rare case of a diabetic patient who was successfully treated for cytomegalovirus viremia and leishmaniasis following liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus-related
cirrhosis
, but also developed invasive sinus Aspergillus infection, while still on liposomal amphotericin B (
AmBisome
). The patient refused radical surgery including eye enucleation, and received a combination of intravenous caspofungin and voriconazole, along with repeated, conservative, local surgical debridement. At follow-up, 15 months after the onset of sinusitis, the patient remains culture-negative, fully active, and without evidence of local recurrence.
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PMID:Deep sinus aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient successfully treated with a combination of caspofungin and voriconazole. 1522 26
