Late Aspergillus fumigatus endomyocarditis with brain abscess as a lethal complication after heart transplantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Nov;21(11):1242-5. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)00426-6.

Abstract

We report the case of a 65-year-old male patient who died from lethal Aspergillus fumigatus endomyocarditis and multiple cerebral septic emboli 6 months after cardiac transplantation. This complication developed 4 weeks after diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary aspergillosis, which was immediately treated by surgical removal and intravenous amphotericin B. Preceding colonization with Aspergillus spp was not identified. Primary cytomegalovirus infection (donor+/recipient-) and toxoplasmosis reactivation (donor+/recipient+) occurring at 1 and 2 months post-transplantation were successfully treated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aspergillosis / etiology*
  • Aspergillosis / pathology
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary
  • Aspergillus fumigatus*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / etiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Transplantation / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / microbiology*
  • Myocarditis / pathology
  • Time Factors
  • Toxoplasmosis / drug therapy
  • Toxoplasmosis / etiology