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
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:da5c23f7925b4fcab28094e5baf7ca26 2023-05-15T14:58:19+02:00 Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report Victoria Dávila Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil Luis Alfonso Correa Catalina Restrepo Camilo Alberto Madrid Javier Mauricio González 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3189 https://doaj.org/article/da5c23f7925b4fcab28094e5baf7ca26 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3189 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3189 https://doaj.org/article/da5c23f7925b4fcab28094e5baf7ca26 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 37, Iss 3, Pp 303-307 (2017) Toxoplasmosis heart transplantation immune tolerance seroconversion Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3189 2022-12-31T00:47:17Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 37 3 303
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Spanish
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heart transplantation
immune tolerance
seroconversion
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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heart transplantation
immune tolerance
seroconversion
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Victoria Dávila
Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil
Luis Alfonso Correa
Catalina Restrepo
Camilo Alberto Madrid
Javier Mauricio González
Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
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heart transplantation
immune tolerance
seroconversion
Medicine
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 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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author Victoria Dávila
Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil
Luis Alfonso Correa
Catalina Restrepo
Camilo Alberto Madrid
Javier Mauricio González
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Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil
Luis Alfonso Correa
Catalina Restrepo
Camilo Alberto Madrid
Javier Mauricio González
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title Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_short Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_full Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_fullStr Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
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