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Cardiac toxoplasmosis after heart transplantation diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy
L A Petty1, S Qamar2, V Ananthanarayanan3
1Section of Infectious Disease, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a case of cardiac toxoplasmosis diagnosed by routine endomyocardial biopsy in a patient with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) intolerance on atovaquone prophylaxis. Data are not available on the efficacy of atovaquone as Toxoplasma gondii prophylaxis after heart transplantation. In heart transplant patients in whom TMP-SMX is not an option, other strategies may be considered, including the addition of pyrimethamine to atovaquone.

