Donor-to-recipient transmission of bacteria as an unusual cause of mediastinitis in a heart transplant recipient

Authors
Burket, JS Chenoweth, CE Meyer, TL Barg, NL
Citation
Js. Burket et al., Donor-to-recipient transmission of bacteria as an unusual cause of mediastinitis in a heart transplant recipient, INFECT CONT, 20(2), 1999, pp. 132-133
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0899823X → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
132 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(199902)20:2<132:DTOBAA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We present a 54-year-old male heart transplant recipient who developed medi astinitis caused by Klebsiella oxytoca and Veillonella species. Culture of the donor's bronchus also grew K oxytoca and a Veillonella species. pulsed- field gel electrophoresis revealed that the K oxytoca isolates had identica l banding patterns. This case illustrates transmission of pathogenic bacter ia via a contaminated organ (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:132-133) .