Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephr...

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Autores principales: Viswanathan, V., Kandasamy, V., Reddy, Y. N., Kurien, A., Mathew, M., Abraham, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.103929
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author Viswanathan, V.
Kandasamy, V.
Reddy, Y. N.
Reddy, Y. N.
Kurien, A.
Mathew, M.
Abraham, G.
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description In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephropathy, allograft tuberculosis, BK viremia, and was diagnosed to have contracted HIV infection.
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spelling pubmed-35440652013-01-16 Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma Viswanathan, V. Kandasamy, V. Reddy, Y. N. Reddy, Y. N. Kurien, A. Mathew, M. Abraham, G. Indian J Nephrol Case Report In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephropathy, allograft tuberculosis, BK viremia, and was diagnosed to have contracted HIV infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3544065/ /pubmed/23326054 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.103929 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Viswanathan, V.
Kandasamy, V.
Reddy, Y. N.
Reddy, Y. N.
Kurien, A.
Mathew, M.
Abraham, G.
Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title_full Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title_fullStr Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title_short Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma
title_sort late post transplant hiv infection with bk viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with kaposi sarcoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.103929
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