Successful Heart Transplantation in a Patient With Heart Failure and Persisting Q Fever.

Abstract

Active infection is generally considered a contraindication for heart transplantation. The rare combination of a patient with an active Coxiella burnetii infection and a congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries requiring heart transplantation imposes challenging treatment decisions. We present a case of a patient with end stage heart failure requiring heart transplantation who developed chronic Q-fever and endocarditis.