Early Disseminated Cryptococcosis Following Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Requiring VA‐ECMO: A Case Report
Vanessa Petrich, Lucas Deschenes · 2026
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Vanessa Petrich and Lucas Deschenes report a grave fungal infection after a heart transplant in a 2026 case paper. The germ, Cryptococcus, can spread through the body of a patient whose immune system is held down by drugs. It struck just fourteen days after the new heart went in, far sooner than such cases tend to show.
The patient needed a machine to pump blood while care went on. Blood thinning drugs barred the usual spine taps to check head pressure, so the team used eye and scan based stand ins. Three antifungal drugs ran at once, with doses bent by how the machine changed drug levels. The patient came off the machine and left the intensive care unit.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Vanessa Petrich, Lucas Deschenes |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |