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Management and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with pre-transplant Mycobacterium abscessus infection: A single center experience.

Alyssa A PerezJonathan P SingerBrian S SchwartzPeter Chin-HongRupal J ShahMary Ellen KleinhenzYing GaoAida VenadoLorriana E LeardJeffrey A GoldenJasleen KukrejaJohn R GreenlandSteven R Hays
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)
Lung transplant recipients with M abscessus infection have a low incidence of recurrent infection, excellent survival, and freedom from CLAD when an aggressive management and surveillance strategy is utilized. Given these findings, M abscessus infection may not be considered a contraindication to lung transplantation.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis