@article {4309,
	title = {A syphilis-positive organ donor -- management of the cardiac transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature.},
	journal = {Sexually transmitted diseases//Sex Transm Dis},
	volume = {39},
	year = {2012},
	month = {2012},
	pages = {485 - 6},
	publisher = {Marek,Aleks. From the Microbiology Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom.},
	address = {United States},
	abstract = {Syphilis as a public health problem has not been resolved. Because donor organs are scarce, Treponema pallidum seropositivity is no longer considered a contraindication to transplant. However, there is little guidance on the management and monitoring on the recipient of organs from patients with syphilis. We present a case of a patient successfully transplanted with a heart from a seropositive donor and a review of the literature.},
	keywords = {*Heart Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], *Heart/mi [Microbiology], *Syphilis/pc [Prevention \& Control], *Tissue Donors, *Treponema pallidum/ip [Isolation \& Purification], Adult, Humans, Male, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Syphilis/dt [Drug Therapy], Syphilis/mi [Microbiology], Syphilis/tm [Transmission], Treatment Outcome},
	isbn = {1537-4521},
	author = {Marek, Aleks and Inkster, Teresa}
}
