In:
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, SAGE Publications, Vol. 9 ( 2022-01), p. 204993612211321-
Abstract:
Tuberculosis is of particular concern in lung transplant recipients. We present the case of a patient who received a double lung transplant from a deceased donor from Mexico and developed disseminated tuberculosis 60 days post-transplant manifested as tenosynovitis, liver abscesses, and subcutaneous nodules with no definitive lung allograft involvement. The recipient did not have evidence of tuberculosis on explanted lungs, had a negative interferon gamma release assay pre-transplant, and did not have risk factors for this infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis should remain in the differential diagnosis of early post-transplant infections with atypical presentations, evidence of dissemination, or lack of improvement with appropriate antimicrobial coverage, even in the absence of typical lung findings.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2049-9361
,
2049-937X
DOI:
10.1177/20499361221132153
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2728410-4
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