Disseminated <i>Acanthamoeba</i> Infection After Heart‐Lung Transplantation
A 56-year-old male with inoperable ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe nonspecific interstitial pneumonia underwent en bloc heart-lung transplantation in 2023 with induction via basiliximab 20 mg and methylprednisolone 1000 mg.His postoperative course was complicated by renal failure and physical debility.
Authors
- Reinaldo Rampolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-8507)
- T. Kaderi
- Alexander Yuen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9434-5047)
- Lorenzo Zaffiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8369-4145)
- Catherine Le
- Serguei Bannykh
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Emory University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplant Infectious Disease
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.70170
- Primary Topic
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00