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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Severe Bacterial Superinfection Based on Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia in a Heart-Lung Transplant Recipient.
Yildirim Y, Pecha S, Sill B, Deuse T, Reichenspurner H.
Source
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract
A 47-year-old heart-lung transplant recipient presented to our outpatient transplant clinic with respiratory infection. Her nose and throat swabs for influenza A (H1N1) infection were negative. Broncheoalveolar lavage showed a positive result for H1N1 infection. Antiviral therapy was initiated. Because of superinfection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus terreus, her clinical condition worsened. The clinical condition of the patient improved with antibiotic and antifungal treatment. Negative nose and throat swab results cannot rule out H1N1 infection safely. We therefore advocate to routinely perform broncheoalveolar lavage.
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart ? New York.
PMID:
23344758
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23344758
Severe Bacterial Superinfection Based on Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia in a Heart-Lung Transplant Recipient.
Yildirim Y, Pecha S, Sill B, Deuse T, Reichenspurner H.
Source
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract
A 47-year-old heart-lung transplant recipient presented to our outpatient transplant clinic with respiratory infection. Her nose and throat swabs for influenza A (H1N1) infection were negative. Broncheoalveolar lavage showed a positive result for H1N1 infection. Antiviral therapy was initiated. Because of superinfection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus terreus, her clinical condition worsened. The clinical condition of the patient improved with antibiotic and antifungal treatment. Negative nose and throat swab results cannot rule out H1N1 infection safely. We therefore advocate to routinely perform broncheoalveolar lavage.
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart ? New York.
PMID:
23344758
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23344758