Browsing by Author "Tigen, Elif"
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Item Concomitant Aspergillus and Cytomegalovirus Infection in Heart Transplant: Early Diagnosis is the Key to Successful Treatment(Başkent Üniversitesi, 2009-09) Tigen, Elif; Korten, Volkan; Odabasi, Zekaver; Karaahmet, Tansu; Tigen, KursatConcomitant infections, which are common in patients who have received an organ transplant, must be diagnosed and treated early to prevent high mortality rates. We describe a case of concomitant Cytomegalovirus infection and Aspergillus pneumonia in a heart transplant patient who received pulsed steroids as therapy for rejection, and we describe the successful treatment of that coinfection with ganciclovir and voriconazole.