Listerial myocarditis in cardiac transplantation

• Published in: Reviews of infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 820
• Main Authors: Stamm, A M, Smith, S H, Kirklin, J K, McGiffin, D C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.1990
• Subjects: Adult; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - surgery; Coronary Disease - surgery; Diagnosis, Differential; Graft Rejection; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Listeriosis - etiology; Male; Middle Aged; Myocarditis - etiology

Clinical signs of heart failure developed in two cardiac transplant recipients and were interpreted initially as graft rejection. Morphologic examination of explanted hearts revealed myocarditis with abscess formation and necrosis consistent with a bacterial process; Listeria monocytogenes was isola...