Donor-transmitted toxoplasmosis in liver transplant recipients: a case report and literature review.

Authors :: Assi MA
Rosenblatt JE
Marshall WF
Source :: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society [Transpl Infect Dis] 2007 Jun; Vol. 9 (2), pp. 132-6.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Transmission of toxoplasmosis via liver transplantation is extremely uncommon. Here we report the case of a 52-year-old male liver transplant recipient who on day 32 post transplant developed pneumonia followed by respiratory failure. Donor-transmitted toxoplasmosis was confirmed as the etiology by both serologic and molecular testing. We also review all previously published cases of toxoplasmosis in the English-language adult liver transplant literature.

Subjects :: Polymerase Chain Reaction
Toxoplasmosis diagnosis
Toxoplasmosis drug therapy
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination therapeutic use
Liver Transplantation adverse effects
Tissue Donors
Toxoplasmosis etiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1398-2273
Volume :: 9
Issue :: 2
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 17461999
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00187.x

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