Malaria and encephalopathy in a heart transplant recipient: A case report in the context of multiorgan donation.
Armando VernazaGabriel David Pinilla-MonsalveFelipe CañasDiana CarrilloJuan David LópezNoel FlórezJuan Esteban Gomez-MesaPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
We report a case of malaria transmission through heart transplantation. Despite adequate and supervised treatment, it can be related to a fatal outcome. Malaria screening in organ donors should be considered in regions where endemicity can lead to rare cases of transmission by transplantation.