Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Severe Pneumocystis pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient after long term mycophenolate mofetil treatment.

Unusual manifestation of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a renal transplant recipient

Cutaneous leishmaniasis may present as unusual manifestations in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. This misleading presentation, may delay the diagnosis and treatment. Moreover special caution must be taken in renal transplant recipients because of possible interactions between antimony compounds and cyclosporine metabolites. We report a 45-year old man with 5 years...

Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a live related renal transplant recipient.

Rhodococcus equi has emerged as a serious pathogen in immunocompromised patients, including solid organ transplant recipients. Primary pulmonary involvement is the most common presentation. However, this opportunistic pathogen is often not considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in transplant recipients. Furthermore, in cultures, Rhodococcus can be misinterpreted by microbiologist...

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia associated with concurrent cytomegalovirus and Aspergillus pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Aspergillus fumigatus are opportunistic pathogens that cause fatal infections in graft recipients mainly 1–6 months after transplantation, the period of maximal immunosuppression required for the prevention of acute graft rejection. A CMV infection has been known to increase the risk of fungal infection in an immunocompromised host, and concurrent CMV andAspergillus pn...

Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes involved in pneumocystis pneumonia outbreaks among renal transplant recipients.

TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the article by Sassi et al published in Clinical Infectious Diseases [1]. They investigated Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes involved in Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) outbreaks among renal transplant recipients. To that aim, they used fragment length polymorphisms of the major surface glycoprotein gene family. This work revealed that the same P. jirovecii geno...