title: Fatal atypical mycobacterial infection in a cardiac transplant recipient.
abstract: A 37-year-old female underwent heart transplantation for giant cell myocarditis. The patient died within three-and-a-half months of cardiac transplantation. Postmortem specimens from the heart and lung showed multiple necrotizing granulomas with numerous acid-fast bacilli. Polymerase chain reaction done on both the postmortem samples confirmed the presence of atypical mycobacterial infection. This fatal case of atypical mycobacteriosis in a cardiac transplant patient is reported for its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakravorty
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Airan
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Talwar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chopra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000473:pathology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000601:surgery*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction