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Featured Case of the Month: Candida in Liver Transplantation With Complications
Case submitted by
Robert Sawyer, MD. A 57-year-old man was hospitalized with end-stage chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C-induced cirrhosis; his model end stage liver disease (MELD) score was 31.
David Andes, MD and Pamela Lipsett, MD speak on the many challenges exist in the management of invasive fungal infections in solid-organ transplant recipients and critical care patients.
Featured Newsletter: Zygomycosis in an Allogeneic Transplant Patient - Issue 4
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Diagnostic tests for Zygomycete infections are not
particularly effective. Therefore,
knowledge of the risk factors that predispose a patient to these
infections is key for early detection.
