Blastomyces dermatitidis in a renal transplant recipient
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Peritonitis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a kidney transplant recipient: case report and literature review.
Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the midwestern, south-central, and southeastern United States known to cause disseminated infection in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of B. dermatitidis peritonitis in a renal allograft recipient with new-onset ascites and cytomegalovirus encephalitis. Peritoneal blastomycosis is a rare clinical entity and, to our knowle...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1319-2442
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.139934