Fatal atypical mycobacterial infection in a cardiac transplant recipient.
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.
Ray
R
R
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Chakravorty
S
S
Tyagi
J S
JS
Airan
B
B
Talwar
K K
KK
Venugopal
P
P
Chopra
P
P
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