Sepsis and mediastinitis after heart transplantation: donor-transmitted Klebsiella infection

Erman Pektok; Zehra Çağla Karakoç; Zümrüt Tuba Demirözü; Nurcan Arat; Ferah Ece; Deniz Süha Küçükasu

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7421

Erman Pektok¹, Zehra Çağla Karakoç¹, Zümrüt Tuba Demirözü¹, Nurcan Arat¹, Ferah Ece¹, 2, Deniz Süha Küçükasu¹

¹Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Support Systems Division, Florence Nightingale Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7421

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Early diagnosis and treatment of infection following heart transplantation is a determinant factor for the prognosis. However, it may easily be overlooked because of vague clinical signs and non-specific laboratory findings as a result of immunosuppression in these patients. Herein, we present a case of donor-transmitted bacterial infection after heart transplantation and its consequences.

Keywords : Donor-transmitted infection; heart transplantation; mediastinitis; sepsis

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