%0 Journal Article %J Sexually transmitted diseases//Sex Transm Dis %D 2012 %T A syphilis-positive organ donor -- management of the cardiac transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature. %A Marek, Aleks %A Inkster, Teresa %K *Heart Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects] %K *Heart/mi [Microbiology] %K *Syphilis/pc [Prevention & Control] %K *Tissue Donors %K *Treponema pallidum/ip [Isolation & Purification] %K Adult %K Humans %K Male %K Practice Guidelines as Topic %K Syphilis/dt [Drug Therapy] %K Syphilis/mi [Microbiology] %K Syphilis/tm [Transmission] %K Treatment Outcome %X 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. %B Sexually transmitted diseases//Sex Transm Dis %I Marek,Aleks. From the Microbiology Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom. %C United States %V 39 %P 485 - 6 %8 2012 %@ 1537-4521 %G eng %N 6 %< http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=medl&NEWS=N&AN=22592837