title: [Nocardia infection in heart transplant recipients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incidence of Nocardia infection in transplant patients ranges between 0.7 and 3% with a high mortality (26-63%). This fact, together with a median time to diagnosis in about two weeks ago that the state of alertness is of vital clinical importance.
  
  
  METHODS
  From a cohort of 570 cardiac transplant patients, we reviewed the medical records of those who underwent the diagnosis of Nocardia infection during follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified four cases (incidence 0.73%), two scattered. In all, had pulmonary involvement. Mortality was high (2 of 4 patients).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In cardiac transplant patients Nocardia infection is rare but has a high mortality, being necessary an early diagnosis to establish an appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Unidad de Trasplante e Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Hospital Universitario la Fe, Valencia, España. rafaelraso@comv.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raso-Raso
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Martínez-Dolz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almenar-Bonet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarro-Manchón
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanes-Juliá
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvador-Sanz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies