Understanding rare infections post-lung transplantation.

This article will review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic and therapeutic management of certain rarely reported viral, fungal, bacterial and parasitic infections in lung transplant recipients. EXPERT OPINION: Once the most frequent infections are excluded, clinical suspicion combined with molecular diagnostic methods such as targeted and broad-spectrum PCRs can allow diagnosis of a rare infection. A multidisciplinary team, including transplant pulmonologists, transplant infectious diseases specialists, microbiologists and pathologists is essential for prompt diagnosis and optimal therapeutic management. PMID: 33106068 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Expert Rev Respir Med Source Type: research