Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report

We report the case of a 61 year-old male who underwent heart transplantation eight months before developing a systemic condition with central nervous system, lung, kidney, colonic, cutaneous, and hematologic involvement, found to be secondary to a systemic toxoplasmosis despite co-trimoxazole prophy...

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Published in:Biomédica
Main Authors: Victoria Dávila, Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil, Luis Alfonso Correa, Catalina Restrepo, Camilo Alberto Madrid, Javier Mauricio González
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017
Subjects:
Toxoplasmosis
heart transplantation
immune tolerance
seroconversion
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3189
https://doaj.org/article/da5c23f7925b4fcab28094e5baf7ca26
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Summary:We report the case of a 61 year-old male who underwent heart transplantation eight months before developing a systemic condition with central nervous system, lung, kidney, colonic, cutaneous, and hematologic involvement, found to be secondary to a systemic toxoplasmosis despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in a previous-to-transplant seronegative patient receiving a heart from a seropositive donor. A review of prophylactic options in our environment is discussed.

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