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,...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
2018-04-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005005101&lng=en&tlng=en |
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