title: Myocardial toxoplasmosis complicating cardiac transplant.
abstract: The increase in numbers of immunocompromised patients has been reflected by an increasing frequency of opportunistic infections. Of these, Toxoplasma gondii has been reported as a significant human pathogen following cardiac transplantation. In this setting, quiescent toxoplasma myocardial cysts may become active after implantation into a therapeutically immunosuppressed host. The consequences of infection are significant and carry a high morbidity and mortality. We present the clinical and pathologic characteristics of a patient with toxoplasma infection complicating cardiac transplant and review previously reported cases of this entity.
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Dressler
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Javier
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; From the Department of Pathology St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Salinas-Madrigal
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; From the Department of Pathology St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: T W
authors: TW
authors: Milligan
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; From the Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: L R
authors: LR
authors: McBride
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Labovitz
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
authors: L W
authors: LW
authors: Miller