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CLINICAL JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 420-424Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s12328-009-0108-6
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Opportunistic infection; Acute liver failure
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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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