Population
51 recipients of heart lung transplantation (HLT)
Design
Case_series
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Early HSV pneumonia observed after heart-lung transplant; this case series leaves open whether prophylaxis benefits seropositive recipients.
HSV pneumonia is a significant early complication in heart-lung transplant recipients, prompting the authors to recommend prophylactic acyclovir in seropositive patients during the first two postoperative months.
Smyth et al. (1990) studied this question.
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