Dermatologic manifestations of infectious diseases in cardiac transplant patients

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1994 Sep;8(3):637-54.

Abstract

Infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cardiac transplant patients. Skin infections are not uncommon in these patients. Although usually caused by secondary dissemination after initial infection of another organ system, some skin infections may be primary infections, such as bacterial infections caused by the use of intravenous catheters or fungal infections in severely immunosuppressed patients. Nevertheless, the presence of skin lesions in a transplant patient may indicate infection in a primary site or another deep-seated focus of infection.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Chagas Disease / etiology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / etiology
  • Dermatomycoses / etiology
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Herpes Simplex / etiology
  • Herpes Zoster / etiology
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis / etiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / etiology
  • Nocardia Infections / etiology
  • Skin Diseases / etiology*
  • Skin Diseases / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases / parasitology
  • Skin Diseases / virology
  • Strongyloidiasis / etiology