INFECTIVE DYSPEPSIA IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
HUWEZ FU MCPHADEN AR BELCHER PR NAIK SK WHEATLEY DJ
Citation
Fu. Huwez et al., INFECTIVE DYSPEPSIA IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, Journal of gastroenterology, 31(6), 1996, pp. 848-850
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09441174
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
848 - 850
Database
ISI
SICI code
0944-1174(1996)31:6<848:IDIAHR>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report the coexistence of symptomatic viral, bacterial, and fungal infection of the upper gastrointestinal tract in a heart transplant re cipient. Endoscopic findings were normal at all levels but, because of severe symptoms and recent conversion to positive serology for Cytome galovirus, biopsies were taken. These showed esophageal candidiasis an d gastric Helicobacter infection that has hitherto been unreported in cardiac transplant recipients.