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Table 1 Case reports of invasive Aspergillus in the gastrointestinal tract

From: A bleeding colonic ulcer from invasive Aspergillus infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

Authors

Underlying diagnosis

Previous chemotherapy

Clinical presentation

Portion of the gastrointestinal tract involved

Intervention (surgery/endoscopy)

Antifungal treatment

Karaman et al .[5]

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

None

Abdominal pain and vomiting

Stomach

Surgery

None.

Eggiman et al .[3]

Acute myeloid leukemia (2 cases)

Cytarabine, idarubicin

Fever, bloody diarrhea bleeding, ileus or peritonitis

Small intestine

Surgery

Amphotericin B

Cohen et al .[9]

Acute myeloid leukaemia

Cytarabine, daunorubicin

Fever, watery diarrhea, peritonitis

Small intestine

Surgery

None. Patient died.

Trésallet et al .[11]

Lymphoma

Cytarabine, etoposide

Fever, peritonitis

Small intestine

Surgery

Voriconazole

Chaudhary et al .[6]

Breast carcinoma

Cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, 5- fluorouracil

Fever, constipation, abdominal pain

Small intestine

None

Amphotericin B

Jayshree et al .[10]

Acute promyelocytic leukemia

Daunomycin, cytosine arabinoside

Fever and diarrhea

Colon

Surgery

Amphotericin B

Choi et al .[14]

Colon cancer

None

Hematochezia

Colon

Endoscopy

Amphotericin B

Bizet et al . (Current case)

Fournier’s gangrene

None

Hematochezia through colostomy

Colon

Endoscopy

Voriconazole