Fatal atypical mycobacterial infection in a cardiac transplant recipient.
Indian Heart J
; 2001 Jan-Feb; 53(1): 100-3
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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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Feminino
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Humanos
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Transplante de Coração
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Evolução Fatal
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Adulto
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Pulmão
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Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas
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Miocardite
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Miocárdio
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En
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Indian heart j
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article