Opportunistic infection in the patients with acute liver failure: a report of three cases with one fatality

We report three cases of severe opportunistic infection in patients with acute liver failure (ALF). These cases included a 56-year-old man infected with Cryptococcus neoformans , cytomegarovirus (CMV), Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigates , as well as a 62-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman...

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Published inClinical journal of gastroenterology Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 420 - 424
Main Authors Arai, Makoto, Imazeki, Fumio, Yonemitsu, Yutaka, Kanda, Tatsuo, Fujiwara, Keiichi, Fukai, Kenichi, Watanabe, Akira, Sato, Takeyuki, Oda, Shigeto, Yokosuka, Osamu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 01.12.2009
Subjects
Abdominal Surgery
Case Report
Colorectal Surgery
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Surgical Oncology
Opportunistic infection
Acute liver failure
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Summary:We report three cases of severe opportunistic infection in patients with acute liver failure (ALF). These cases included a 56-year-old man infected with Cryptococcus neoformans , cytomegarovirus (CMV), Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigates , as well as a 62-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman infected with pneumocystis pneumonia, CMV and Aspergillus fumigatus . One patient died as a result of the infection rather than liver failure. We stress the importance of opportunistic infection as a consideration in the use of immunosuppressive agents for the treatment of ALF.
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ISSN:1865-7257
1865-7265
DOI:10.1007/s12328-009-0108-6