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Transplantologiya - 2016. - № 2. - P. 29-34.
Prevention of fungal infection in the early period after liver
transplantation
M.Sh. Khubutiya, S.V. Zhuravel', T.V. Chernen'kaya, G.K. Ospanova,
A.I. Bazhenov, N.K. Kuznetsova, I.I. Utkina
N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow
Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia
Contacts: Sergey V. Zhuravel,
zhsergey5@gmail.com
The article discusses the risk and incidence of fungal infections in the
early period after orthotopic liver transplantation, their diagnosis, treatment
and prevention.
The patients after liver transplantation are at high risk for developing
invasive fungal infection. The presence of high-risk factors is an absolute
indication for prophylactic antifungal medications.