Herpes simplex pneumonia in a heart transplant recipient
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L De Biase1, M Venditti, P Gallo
1Istituto di Chirurgia del cuore e dei grossi vasi, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
Recenti Progressi in Medicina
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
An unusual case of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonia in a heart transplant recipient receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy is reported. This infection presented an indolent course manifested by a chronic left pulmonary infiltrate unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and mild hypoxemia. Death eventually occurred as a consequence of an other infectious complication of the postoperative period. The HSV etiology of the necrotizing pneumonia observed at autopsy was established on the basis of histologic findings.