Cryptococcal pericarditis in a heart transplant recipient

Sarah Mann; Farrell Tobolowsky; Suneet Purohit; Andres Henao-Martínez; Valida Bajrovic; Poornima Ramanan; Eugene Wolfel; Prateeti Khazanie; Michelle Barron; Nancy Madinger; Esther Benamu

doi:10.1111/tid.13366

Cryptococcal pericarditis in a heart transplant recipient

Sarah Mann, Farrell Tobolowsky, Suneet Purohit, Andres Henao-Martínez, Valida Bajrovic, Poornima Ramanan, Eugene Wolfel, Prateeti Khazanie, Michelle Barron, Nancy Madinger, Esther Benamu

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Abstract

We present a case of Cryptococcus neoformans pericarditis in a cardiac transplant recipient. This article reviews the diagnosis, treatment, and complications of cryptococcosis specifically in transplant patients. While pericarditis is a rare manifestation of Cryptococcus infection, this case highlights that cryptococcosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis for solid organ transplant and immunocompromised patients presenting with pericardial effusions.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e13366
Journal	Transplant Infectious Disease
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13366
State	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans
heart transplant
pericarditis

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Infectious Diseases
Transplantation

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