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Infections in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients. 2024

Mohammed Alsaeed, and Shahid Husain

Division of Infectious Diseases, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, 11 PMB 138, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2, Canada; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Makkah Al Mukarramah Road, As Sulimaniyah, Riyadh 12233, Saudi Arabia.

Infections in heart and lung transplant recipients are complex and heterogeneous. This article reviews the epidemiology, risk factors, specific clinical syndromes, and most frequent opportunistic infections in heart and/or lung transplant recipients that will be encountered in the intensive care unit and will provide a practical approach of empirical management.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D016040	Lung Transplantation	The transference of either one or both of the lungs from one human or animal to another.	Grafting, Lung,Transplantation, Lung,Graftings, Lung,Lung Grafting,Lung Graftings,Lung Transplantations,Transplantations, Lung
D066027	Transplant Recipients	Individuals receiving tissues or organs transferred from another individual of the same or different species, or from within the same individual.	Recipient, Transplant,Recipients, Transplant,Transplant Recipient