A rare ocular complication after a heart transplant: toxoplasma retinitis.

Abstract

Ocular infections after a heart transplant are rare; but when present, they generally appear during the first year after surgery. Ocular infections may cause significant loss of vision and morbidity if not diagnosed early. For that reason, heart transplant patients should undergo a routine visual examination during follow-up. We report our experience regarding the followup and treatment of a case of toxoplasma retinitis diagnosed in one of our heart transplant recipients.

• Authors: Umit Kervan, Yasemin Ozdamar, Okan Yurdakok, Seref Alp Kucuker, Mustafa Pac
• Journal: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (Exp Clin Transplant) Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pg. 78-80 (Feb 2014) ISSN: 2146-8427 [Electronic] Turkey
• PMID: 24471726 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Immunosuppressive Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Eye Infections, Parasitic (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, parasitology)
• Heart Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Immunocompromised Host
• Immunosuppressive Agents (adverse effects)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Opportunistic Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, parasitology)
• Retinitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, parasitology)
• Risk Factors
• Time Factors
• Toxoplasma (isolation & purification)
• Toxoplasmosis (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, parasitology)
• Treatment Outcome