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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;27(10):1176-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.07.009. Epub 2008 Aug 27.

Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a lung transplant recipient

Robyn L Boedefeld  1 , Joshua Eby, William M Boedefeld 2nd, Dirk Stanley, Christine L Lau, John A Kern, Benjamin D Kozower
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Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a lung transplant recipient

Robyn L Boedefeld et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

Lung transplant recipients are at increased risk for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection secondary to the intense immunosuppressive regimen after transplantation. We report a case of fatal M tuberculosis infection that presented as a pericardial abscess in a lung transplant recipient and review the literature.

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