Successful Transplantation of Organs from a Donor with Bacterial Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumonia: A Case Report / 대한구급학회지
The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
; : 115-118, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
The number of organs transplanted worldwide is increasing annually. As a result, there is a shortage of available donor organs. This scarcity has led to the progressive broadening of donor organ criteria. The expanded criteria include infections such as bacterial meningitis. A 55-year old male visited our emergency room with cardiac arrest and recovered after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The cause of the cardiac arrest was bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. While proper antibiotics were applied, the patient met the clinical criteria for brain death. Prophylactic antibiotics were administered to the recipients, and liver and kidney transplantations were done successfully.
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Main subject:
Streptococcus
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Tissue Donors
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Brain Death
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Organ Transplantation
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Kidney Transplantation
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Meningitis, Bacterial
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Transplants
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Donor Selection
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Year:
2013
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Article