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Donor‐transmitted malaria after heart transplant managed successfully with artesunate |
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| Authors: | N Sabé J González‐Costello I Oriol JC Sánchez‐Salado S Ortega E Oliver N Manito J Carratalà |
| Institution: | 1. Infectious Disease Service, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) – Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, , Barcelona, Spain;2. Heart Disease Institute, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) – Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, , Barcelona, Spain;3. Blood and Tissue Bank of Catalonia, , Barcelona, Spain;4. Intensive Care Medicine‐Transplant Coordination, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) – Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, , Barcelona, Spain |
| Abstract: | Donor‐transmitted malaria is a rare complication in solid organ transplantation, which causes high mortality. Data concerning the use of artesunate in solid organ transplant recipients are lacking. We report a heart transplant patient who developed donor‐derived severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria, successfully treated with artesunate. Transmission of malaria to 2 of the other transplant recipients from the same donor was also documented. |
| Keywords: | artesunate erythropheresis severe malaria solid organ transplantation heart transplant |