TORULOPSIS-GLABRATA FUNGEMIA AS A COMPLICATION OF A CLOTTED TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT

Authors
DARWIN P MERGNER W THULUVATH P
Citation
P. Darwin et al., TORULOPSIS-GLABRATA FUNGEMIA AS A COMPLICATION OF A CLOTTED TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT, Liver transplantation and surgery, 4(1), 1998, pp. 89-90
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology",Surgery,Transplantation
Journal title
Liver transplantation and surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10743022
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
89 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
1074-3022(1998)4:1<89:TFAACO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Torulopsis glabrata fungemia developed in a patient with a clotted tra nsjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) 11 months after plac ement. Fungemia persisted despite treatment with amphotericin B. On au topsy, T. glabrata was found in the thrombus occluding the TIPS and ex tending into the splenic and portal vein. TIPS infections may be consi dered in patients with fungemia. Copyright (C) 1998 by the American As sociation for the Study of Liver Diseases.