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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 17:34:38-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.004. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Successful management of Aspergillus infection of an open window thoracostomy with topical liposomal amphotericin B

Alexis Legault-Dupuis  1 , France-Emilie Roy  1 , Isabelle Giroux  1 , Michelle Bernard-Genest  1 , Florence Cote  1 , Anne-Sophie Laliberte  1
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Successful management of Aspergillus infection of an open window thoracostomy with topical liposomal amphotericin B

Alexis Legault-Dupuis et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

We present the case of a previously healthy 54-year-old man who was hospitalized for an Aspergillus fumigatus infection of an open window thoracotomy. Patient was successfully treated for 8 consecutives weeks with daily topical pleural liposomal amphotericine B administered by soaked gauzes combined with systemic therapy.

Keywords: Aspergillus; Empyema; Open window thoracotomy; Pleural antifungal therapy.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Right pleuroscopy: Parietal pleura within the right chest cavity with macroscopic fungus disease (red arrows). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest before treatment: Right thoracic window (blue arrow), Pleural thickening (red arrow) caused by the fungus and inflammation, Right lung parenchyma (yellow arrow). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Fig. 3
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest after treatment: Right thoracic window (blue arrow), Reduced pleural thickening (red arrow), normal right lung parenchyma (yellow arrow). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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