Infectious, malignant, and autoimmune complications in pediatric heart transplant recipients

The Journal of Pediatrics
Agnieszka KulikowskaCharles Canter

Abstract

To review clinical courses of pediatric heart transplant survivors after 5 years from transplantation for infections, lymphoproliferative, and autoimmune diseases. A total of 71 patients were examined in 2 groups, infant recipients (underwent transplant <1 year of age, n = 38) and older recipients (underwent transplant >1 year, n = 33). All patients received comparable immunosuppression. Calculated occurrence rates were reported as means per 10 years of follow-up with SEs. Differences were examined by using Poisson regression. Infant recipients had significantly higher (P < .001) occurrence rates of severe (mean, 2.04 +/- 0.5) and chronic infections (mean, 4.58 +/- 0.67) compared with older recipients (means, 0.37 +/- 0.19 and 1.87 +/- 0.70, respectively). Types of infections were similar to those in the general population with extremely rare opportunistic infections; however, they were more severe and resistant to treatment. Autoimmune disorders occurred at a frequency comparable with lymphoproliferative diseases and were observed in 7 of 38 infants (18%). Most common were autoimmune cytopenias. Infant heart transplant recipients who survive in the long term have higher occurrence rates of infections compared with older recipi...Continue Reading

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