Author/Authors :
Shafaghi, S. Organ Donation Research Center of Iran, ايران , Pour Abdollah, M. Lung Transplantation Research Center, ايران , Tabarsi, P. Lung Transplantation Research Center, ايران , Ghorbani, F. Organ Donation Research Center of Iran, ايران , Makki, S. S. M. Lung Transplantation Research Center, ايران , Khoddami Vishteh, H. R. Organ Donation Research Center, ايران , Faeghi, J. Lung Transplantation Research Center, ايران , Najafizadeh, K. shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Masih Daneshvari Hospital, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Lung Transplantation Research Center, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
Concomitant pulmonary infections with Cryptococcus neoformans and Burkholderia cepacia in lung transplant recipients are very rare and create unique diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas.Herein, we present a double lung transplant patient with cystic fibrosis who was found to have coinfection with these two rare organisms, though he was completely asymptomatic
Keywords :
Cryptococcosis , Burkholderia infection , Cystic fibrosis , Double lung transplantation
