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Donor‐transmitted malaria after heart transplant managed successfully with artesunate
Author(s) -
Sabé N.,
GonzálezCostello J.,
Oriol I.,
SánchezSalado J.C.,
Ortega S.,
Oliver E.,
Manito N.,
Carratalà J.
Publication year - 2014
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/tid.12299
Subject(s) - artesunate , medicine , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , severe malaria , organ transplantation , heart transplantation , complication , artemisinin , transplantation , surgery , intensive care medicine , immunology
Donor‐transmitted malaria is a rare complication in solid organ transplantation, which causes high mortality. Data concerning the use of artesunate in solid organ transplant recipients are lacking. We report a heart transplant patient who developed donor‐derived severe P lasmodium falciparum malaria, successfully treated with artesunate. Transmission of malaria to 2 of the other transplant recipients from the same donor was also documented.
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