An uncommon presentation of an uncommon disease: leprosy in a heart transplant recipient.
The effect of solid-organ transplantation on the acquisition, presentation and course of leprosy is unknown. We present a case of leprosy in a heart transplant recipient with multiple unique features possibly attributed to altered immune function.
Gasink
Leanne B
LB
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. leanne.gasink@uphs.upenn.edu
Seymour
Christopher
C
Blumberg
Emily A
EA
Goldberg
Lee R
LR
Fishman
Neil O
NO
D000368:Aged; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000209:etiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000188:drug therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification
D007917:Leprostatic Agents