Pulmonary nocardiosis in heart transplant recipients: treatment and outcome.

Background: Nocardial infections typically affect patients receiving immunosuppressants, occurring early after surgery in 3% to 40% of heart transplant (HTx) recipients. The emergence of antibiotic resistance and occurrence of disease recurrences in AIDS population has engendered controversy about the treatment for immunodepressed HTx patients.

Methods: We present a retrospective study of the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of 560 HTx recipients between 1984 and 2002.

[Aspergillosis in pulmonary transplantation].

Background: Fungal infections are a frequent cause of morbidity an mortality in transplant recipients. Aspergillus spp. is an ubiquitous fungus capable of producing diverse clinical entities with varying severity.