Post kidney transplant histoplasmosis: An under-recognized diagnosis in India.
histoplasmosis
kidney transplant
pyrexia of unknown origin
Journal
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
ISSN: 1399-3062
Titre abrégé: Transpl Infect Dis
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 100883688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
revised:
04
10
2020
received:
01
06
2020
accepted:
01
11
2020
pubmed:
23
11
2020
medline:
4
8
2021
entrez:
22
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Histoplasmosis is an invasive mycosis caused by fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Clinical features of histoplasmosis are often nonspecific, but patients with disseminated infection may present with severe manifestations posing an increasing threat to patients with various immunocompromised conditions. It is often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis in endemic regions leading to high mortality. There is under-reporting of histoplasmosis in solid organ transplant from India undermining its actual incidence and impact. As a result of the potentially fatal nature of the disease, careful evaluation with tissue diagnosis is recommended. We present a series of five cases of disseminated histoplasmosis in renal transplant recipients from our centre, highlighting its significance as differential diagnosis in this population. To our knowledge, this is the largest case series reported from India in renal transplant patients.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e13523Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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