Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a lung transplant recipient

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Oct;27(10):1176-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.07.009. Epub 2008 Aug 27.

Abstract

Lung transplant recipients are at increased risk for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection secondary to the intense immunosuppressive regimen after transplantation. We report a case of fatal M tuberculosis infection that presented as a pericardial abscess in a lung transplant recipient and review the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autopsy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Pericardium / microbiology
  • Pericardium / pathology
  • Pneumoconiosis / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications / mortality
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis / mortality