Late presentation of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after renal transplant: A case report

The highest risk of opportunistic infections is from 1 to 6 months post-transplant. We report a rare case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient only on maintenance immunosuppression eleven years after transplant without concomitant CMV infection or recent episodes of gr...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Prithiv, Lo, Kevin Bryan, Ram, Pradhum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.01.006
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Sumario:The highest risk of opportunistic infections is from 1 to 6 months post-transplant. We report a rare case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient only on maintenance immunosuppression eleven years after transplant without concomitant CMV infection or recent episodes of graft rejection.

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