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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-Mesa
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • machine learning
  • heart failure
  • early onset
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  • atrial fibrillation
  • combination therapy
  • drug induced