A 59-year-old liver-transplanted woman with fever, dyspnea and pulmonary infiltrates.
Clin Microbiol Infect
; 9(10): 1057-61, 2003 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-14616753
A 59-year-old woman was admitted to hospital 10 months after receiving a liver transplant (LT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis because of fever, dyspnea and basal patchy peripheral infiltrates. Microscopic examinations and blood, sputum and BAL cultures were negative. Empirical anti-infective therapy was ineffective. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy was performed, and histology showed a pattern suggesting bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). Prednisone led to rapid clinical and radiologic improvement. BOOP has been anecdotally reported in LT cases, and this case was unrelated to any infectious agent. BOOP should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in LT.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Fígado
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Pneumonia em Organização Criptogênica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Microbiol Infect
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália
País de publicação:
Reino Unido