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Donor‐transmitted toxoplasmosis in liver transplant recipients: a case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Assi M.A.,
Rosenblatt J.E.,
Marshall W.F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00187.x
Subject(s) - medicine , toxoplasmosis , etiology , liver transplantation , serology , pneumonia , transmission (telecommunications) , toxoplasma gondii , immunology , transplantation , pathology , surgery , antibody , electrical engineering , engineering
Transmission of toxoplasmosis via liver transplantation is extremely uncommon. Here we report the case of a 52‐year‐old male liver transplant recipient who on day 32 post transplant developed pneumonia followed by respiratory failure. Donor‐transmitted toxoplasmosis was confirmed as the etiology by both serologic and molecular testing. We also review all previously published cases of toxoplasmosis in the English‐language adult liver transplant literature.