Uncommon cause of fever in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Answers

Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Sep;32(9):1527-1529. doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3548-5. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Authors

Sidharth Kumar Sethi¹, Nikita Wadhwani², Pranaw Jha², Rajan Duggal³, Reetesh Sharma², Shyam Bansal², Vijay Kher²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Institute, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India. sidsdoc@gmail.com.
² Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Institute, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India.
³ Pathology Institute, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India.

PMID: 27878380
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-016-3548-5

No abstract available

Keywords: Disseminated histoplasmosis; Fever; Histoplasma capsulatum; Pancytopenia; Renal transplant recipients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / microbiology*
Fever / pathology
Graft Rejection / drug therapy
Graft Rejection / immunology
Histoplasma / isolation & purification
Histoplasma / pathogenicity
Histoplasmosis / diagnosis
Histoplasmosis / drug therapy*
Histoplasmosis / immunology
Histoplasmosis / microbiology
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
Invasive Fungal Infections / diagnosis
Invasive Fungal Infections / drug therapy*
Invasive Fungal Infections / microbiology
Invasive Fungal Infections / pathology
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Lymph Nodes / microbiology
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Male
Pancytopenia / blood
Pancytopenia / diagnosis
Transplant Recipients
Urogenital Abnormalities / surgery

Substances

Antifungal Agents
liposomal amphotericin B
Amphotericin B