EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF TRANSMISSION OF DONOR-RELATED BACTERIAL-INFECTION THROUGH A TRANSPLANTED HEART

Authors
COLL P MONTSERRAT I BALLESTER M MARCH F MOYA C OBRADOR D GURGUI M VERGER G PRATS G CARALPSRIERA JM
Citation
P. Coll et al., EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF TRANSMISSION OF DONOR-RELATED BACTERIAL-INFECTION THROUGH A TRANSPLANTED HEART, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 16(4), 1997, pp. 464-467
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Transplantation,"Respiratory System
Journal title
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
10532498
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
464 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(1997)16:4<464:EEOTOD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This study describes a patient who had fulminant infectious myocarditi s as a result of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after rec eiving a heart transplant from an infected donor. There was complete c oncordance of typing results between donor and recipient strains that were different from the 20 isolates with which they were compared. Mol ecular epidemiologic study provided compelling evidence that a transpl anted organ can transmit a bacterial infection from the donor to the r ecipient.