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Mysorekar VV, Eshwarappa M, Lingaraj U. Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient. Infect Dis Rep. 2012;4(1):e8doi: 10.4081/idr.2012.e8.
Mysorekar, V. V., Eshwarappa, M., & Lingaraj, U. (2012). Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient. Infectious disease reports, 4(1), e8. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e8
Mysorekar, Vijaya V, et al. "Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient." Infectious disease reports vol. 4,1 (2012): e8. doi: https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e8
Mysorekar VV, Eshwarappa M, Lingaraj U. Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient. Infect Dis Rep. 2012 Jan 05;4(1):e8. doi: 10.4081/idr.2012.e8. eCollection 2012 Jan 02. PMID: 24470938; PMCID: PMC3892655.
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Infect Dis Rep. 2012 Jan 05;4(1):e8. doi: 10.4081/idr.2012.e8. eCollection 2012 Jan 02.

Opportunistic infections in a renal transplant recipient.

Infectious disease reports

Vijaya V Mysorekar, Mahesh Eshwarappa, Umesh Lingaraj

Affiliations

  1. Departments of Pathology and Nephrology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, India.

PMID: 24470938 PMCID: PMC3892655 DOI: 10.4081/idr.2012.e8

Abstract

With the present progress in transplantation procedures, there is an improvement in patient and allograft survival. However, the immunosuppression necessary to sustain the allograft predisposes these transplant recipients to infection, which is now a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We describe a case of a 30-year-old renal transplant recipient with two opportunistic infections, namely, primary cutaneous aspergillosis and intestinal tuberculosis, with terminal enterococcal pleuritis and peritonitis. Control of the degree of immunosuppression, and prompt recognition and treatment of infection are vital for successful organ transplantation.

Keywords: Aspergillosis; opportunistic infections; renal transplantation.; tuberculosis

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