Fatal atypical mycobacterial infection in a cardiac transplant recipient.
Indian Heart J
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2001 Jan-Feb; 53(1): 100-3
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-4070
ABSTRACT
A 37-year-old female underwent heart transplantation for giant cell myocarditis. The patient died within three-and-a-half months of cardiac transplantation. Postmortem specimens from the heart and lung showed multiple necrotizing granulomas with numerous acid-fast bacilli. Polymerase chain reaction done on both the postmortem samples confirmed the presence of atypical mycobacterial infection. This fatal case of atypical mycobacteriosis in a cardiac transplant patient is reported for its rarity.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Heart Transplantation
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Fatal Outcome
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Adult
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Lung
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
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Myocarditis
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Myocardium
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian heart j
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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