Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report

We report the case of a 61 year-old male who underwent heart transplantation eight months before developing a systemic condition with central nervous system, lung, kidney, colonic, cutaneous, and hematologic involvement, found to be secondary to a systemic toxoplasmosis despite co-trimoxazole prophy...

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Main Authors:	Victoria Dávila, Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil, Luis Alfonso Correa, Catalina Restrepo, Camilo Alberto Madrid, Javier Mauricio González
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017-09-01
Series:	Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:	Toxoplasmosis heart transplantation immune tolerance seroconversion
Online Access:	https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3189

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spelling	doaj-da5c23f7925b4fcab28094e5baf7ca262020-11-24T22:18:15ZengInstituto Nacional de SaludBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud0120-41570120-41572017-09-0137330330710.7705/biomedica.v37i3.31891986Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case reportVictoria Dávila0Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil1Luis Alfonso Correa2Catalina Restrepo3Camilo Alberto Madrid4Javier Mauricio González5Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Clínica Cardio VID, Medellín, ColombiaServicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Clínica Cardio VID, Medellín, Colombia Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, ColombiaServicio de Patología, Laboratorio Clínico VID, Medellín, Colombia Sección de Dermatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaSección de Dermatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaServicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Clínica Cardio VID, Medellín, ColombiaServicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Clínica Cardio VID, Medellín, ColombiaWe report the case of a 61 year-old male who underwent heart transplantation eight months before developing a systemic condition with central nervous system, lung, kidney, colonic, cutaneous, and hematologic involvement, found to be secondary to a systemic toxoplasmosis despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in a previous-to-transplant seronegative patient receiving a heart from a seropositive donor. A review of prophylactic options in our environment is discussed.https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3189Toxoplasmosisheart transplantationimmune toleranceseroconversion
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author	Victoria Dávila Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil Luis Alfonso Correa Catalina Restrepo Camilo Alberto Madrid Javier Mauricio González
spellingShingle	Victoria Dávila Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil Luis Alfonso Correa Catalina Restrepo Camilo Alberto Madrid Javier Mauricio González Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud Toxoplasmosis heart transplantation immune tolerance seroconversion
author_facet	Victoria Dávila Gustavo Roncancio-Villamil Luis Alfonso Correa Catalina Restrepo Camilo Alberto Madrid Javier Mauricio González
author_sort	Victoria Dávila
title	Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_short	Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_full	Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_fullStr	Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed	Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report
title_sort	disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: a case report
publisher	Instituto Nacional de Salud
series	Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
issn	0120-4157 0120-4157
publishDate	2017-09-01
description	We report the case of a 61 year-old male who underwent heart transplantation eight months before developing a systemic condition with central nervous system, lung, kidney, colonic, cutaneous, and hematologic involvement, found to be secondary to a systemic toxoplasmosis despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in a previous-to-transplant seronegative patient receiving a heart from a seropositive donor. A review of prophylactic options in our environment is discussed.
topic	Toxoplasmosis heart transplantation immune tolerance seroconversion
url	https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3189
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Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a heart transplant patient despite co-trimoxazole prophylaxis: A case report

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