title: Histoplasmosis as a late infectious complication following heart transplantation in a patient with Chagas' disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacal
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Migueletto
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bocchi
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Fiorelli
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Strabelli
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellotti
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramires
mesh_terms: 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