Multidrug resistant tuberculosis following lung transplantation: treatment with pulmonary resection

TitleMultidrug resistant tuberculosis following lung transplantation: treatment with pulmonary resection
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsShitrit D, Bendayan D, Saute M, Kramer MR
JournalThorax
Volume59
Issue1
Pagination79 - 80
Date PublishedJan
Type of ArticleCase Reports
ISSN0040-6376 (Print) 0040-6376 (Linking)
Accession Number14694255
Keywords*Lung Transplantation, Adolescent, Humans, Male, Postoperative Complications / drug therapy / *surgery, Treatment Failure, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy / *surgery
Abstract

Recipients of organ transplants are at increased risk for infection owing to their immunosuppressed state and the possibility of contamination of the donor organ. We report a case of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR) transmission via a donor lung. After medical treatment with four drugs had failed, the patient underwent right upper lobectomy. There were no signs of disease on follow up more than 2 years later. To our knowledge, this is the first report of MDR tuberculosis in a lung transplant recipient. The need for a non-conservative approach, including pulmonary resection, to eradicate the infection is emphasised.

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