Successful bilateral lung transplantation from a deceased donor with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
In the present report, we describe a case wherein a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection developed in the recipient after successful bilateral lung transplantation because of a solitary pulmonary nodule in the donor.
Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Imran Yaqoob
IY
Nizami
Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: bashajalal@gmail.com.
Basha J
BJ
Khan
Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed
W
Saleh
Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed
M
Hussein
D000293:Adolescent; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery