Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient

Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient

Abstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy,...

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Main Authors: Ana Raquel Fernandes, Laila Almeida Viana, Juliana Busato Mansur, Mariana de Moraes Françoso, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos, Helio Tedesco Silva, José Osmar Medina Pestana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2018-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
kidney transplant
immunosuppression
sepsis
opportunistic infections
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005005101&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-509e447291414b9380529657fdcde5832020-11-25T00:26:16ZengSociedade Brasileira de NefrologiaBrazilian Journal of Nephrology2175-82392018-04-01010.1590/1678-4685-jbn-3767S0101-28002018005005101Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patientAna Raquel FernandesLaila Almeida VianaJuliana Busato MansurMariana de Moraes FrançosoDaniel Wagner de Castro Lima SantosHelio Tedesco SilvaJosé Osmar Medina PestanaAbstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy, and the treatment with liposomal amphotericin resulted in hepatotoxicity.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005005101&lng=en&tlng=enkidney transplantimmunosuppressionsepsisopportunistic infections
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author Ana Raquel Fernandes
Laila Almeida Viana
Juliana Busato Mansur
Mariana de Moraes Françoso
Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos
Helio Tedesco Silva
José Osmar Medina Pestana
spellingShingle Ana Raquel Fernandes
Laila Almeida Viana
Juliana Busato Mansur
Mariana de Moraes Françoso
Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos
Helio Tedesco Silva
José Osmar Medina Pestana
Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
kidney transplant
immunosuppression
sepsis
opportunistic infections
author_facet Ana Raquel Fernandes
Laila Almeida Viana
Juliana Busato Mansur
Mariana de Moraes Françoso
Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos
Helio Tedesco Silva
José Osmar Medina Pestana
author_sort Ana Raquel Fernandes
title Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
title_short Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
title_full Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
title_fullStr Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
title_full_unstemmed Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
title_sort sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
series Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
issn 2175-8239
publishDate 2018-04-01
description Abstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy, and the treatment with liposomal amphotericin resulted in hepatotoxicity.
topic kidney transplant
immunosuppression
sepsis
opportunistic infections
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005005101&lng=en&tlng=en
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