title: Herpes simplex pneumonia in a heart transplant recipient.
abstract: An unusual case of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonia in a heart transplant recipient receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy is reported. This infection presented an indolent course manifested by a chronic left pulmonary infiltrate unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and mild hypoxemia. Death eventually occurred as a consequence of an other infectious complication of the postoperative period. The HSV etiology of the necrotizing pneumonia observed at autopsy was established on the basis of histologic findings.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia del cuore e dei grossi vasi, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Biase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macchiarelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scibilia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology