Brain tuberculoma in pediatric heart transplant recipient.
Pedro Carpini de OliveiraMaria Julia de Aro Braz CorbiAdailson Wagner da Silva SiqueiraJoshua NavajasegaranAna Sofia Silva MesquitaFernando Pereira FrassettoMarcelo Bisceglli JateneNana Miura IkariEstela AzekaPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2023)
Patients in the postoperative period following heart transplantation are at high risk for developing opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis, which may present with atypical symptoms. Therefore the clinician must have a high index of suspicion in order to make the correct diagnosis and promptly start treatment.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- emergency department
- multiple sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- hiv aids
- young adults
- sleep quality
- patient reported
- brain injury
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- adverse drug