Histoplasmosis as a late infectious complication following heart transplantation in a patient with Chagas' disease.
Infectious complications following heart transplantation are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Generally, bacterial infections are predominant; however, fungal infections can be responsible for up to 25% of infectious events. We report the case of a patient who presented with histoplasmosis as an infectious complication five years after heart transplantation due to a chagasic cardiopathy. This association has rarely been reported in the international literature.
Bacal
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Andrade
A C
AC
Migueletto
B C
BC
Bocchi
E A
EA
Stolf
N A
NA
Fiorelli
A I
AI
Strabelli
T M
TM
Benvenuti
L A
LA
Brandão
C M
CM
Bellotti
G
G
Ramires
J A
JA
D000328:Adult; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis