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Case Report
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Korean J Med. 2014;86(5):627-631. Published online May 1, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.86.5.627
- 신이식 후 거대세포바이러스 감염을 동반한 감염성 심내막염 1예
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홍문기1, 김도형1, 김채림1, 홍준화2, 김미경3, 김수현1
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1중앙대학교 의과대학 내과학교실
2중앙대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실
3중앙대학교 의과대학 병리학교실
- A Case of Infective Endocarditis with Cytomegalovirus Infection after Kidney Transplantation
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Moon-Ki Hong1, Do-Hyoung Kim1, Chae-Rim Kim1, Joonhwa Hong2, Mi-Kyung Kim3, Su-Hyun Kim1
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1Departments of Internal Medicine, Departments of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Departments of Internal Medicine, Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
3Departments of Internal Medicine, Departments of Pathology Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Corresponding author: Su-Hyun Kim ,Tel: +82-2-6299-1440, Fax: +82-2-812-0853, Email: sh76so@cau.ac.kr
- Received: June 7, 2013; Revised: July 31, 2013 Accepted: September 9, 2013.
- 저자들은 신장이식 후 면역억제제를 지속적으로 사용하 는 환자에서 거대세포바이러스 감염과 함께 병발한 아스페 르길루스 심내막염 1예를 경험하였다. 최근 면역억제제 사 용이 증가하면서 면역 저하와 함께 기회 감염의 빈도도 증 가하고 있으며 특히 거대세포바이러스 감염을 동반할 경우 면역 억제의 정도가 심해지면서 그 빈도가 더욱 증가할 것 으로 생각된다. 특히 아스페르길루스와 같은 진균 감염의 경 우 혈액배양 검사에서 동정될 확률이 낮고 치료 시기를 놓칠 경우 사망률이 높음으로 기회 감염에 대한 혈청학적 검사가 진단 및 치료에 중요한 단서가 될 수 있다.
߽ɾ :아스페르길루스; 거대세포바이러스; 감염성 심 내막염; 신장이식
- Abstract
- Advances in immunosuppressive therapy have increased the survival of kidney transplant recipients, yet suppression of the immune system after transplantation can promote infectious complications. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains one of the most important complications following kidney transplantation and it is a risk factor for developing superinfections with other organisms. Aspergillus endocarditis is a rare life‐threatening complication in kidney transplantation. Coinfection of CMV and Aspergillus endocarditis is rare worldwide and has not been reported in Korea. We report a case of Aspergillus endocarditis that developed in a patient with CMV infection after kidney transplantation. His clinical condition did not improve despite mitral valve replacement and empirical antibiotic treatment, but he was eventually treated successfully with antifungal agents for 6 weeks. (Korean J Med 2014;86:627-631)
Keywords :Aspergillus, Cytomegalovirus, Endocarditis, Kidney transplantation
