2006
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182006000100010
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Aspergilosis invasora multisistémica en un niño inmunocompetente: Comunicación de un caso

Abstract: Invasive aspergillosis is a severe disease, with an increased incidence in last decades. It occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely affects immunocompetent hosts. We describe a previously healthy 8 -year-old boy who acquired an invasive aspergillosis of abdominal origin associated with an opened laparotomy; within three weeks the patient progressed to a multiple organic failure syndrome and died despite amphotericin B deoxycolate plus voriconazole treatment and aggressive surgical debridement. N… Show more

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