Fatal Case of Probable Invasive Aspergillosis after Five Years of Heart Transplant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Chronology of infections after heart transplantation [5].

	0-1 month		1–3 months		3–12 months
% of HT patients acquiring an infection	48.6%		27.7%		23.7%
Microbes causing the infection	Candida Staphylococcus; Nonfoliated; Pseudomonas; Acinetobacter; Other fungi; CMV	(1.8%); (7.3%); (13.8%); (15.6%); (15.6%); (22%); (26%)	Aspergillus; Legionella; Other viruses; CMV	(20%); (24.8%); (27%); (28%)	Other bacteria (100%)
Location of infection	Sternotomy; Mediastinitis; Oropharynx; Lung	(7.4%); (12.4%); (16.5%); (64%)	Skin; Other; Systemic; Digestive	(19.9%); (20.4%); (27.6%); (32%)	Genitourinary (100%)
Total % of heart transplant patients acquiring an infection in the first year	48.6%

Percentage of the number of people in that time period infected with the particular microbe.