Treatment of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis and prospective follow-up of 17 kidney transplant recipients.

Survival rate of recipients of kidney transplantation from Cadaver donors in Tabriz transplant patients in Imam Reza Hospital during the last 5 years

Introduction: Determining the efficacy of this procedure and determining the survival rate of patients after transplant surgery and determining the role of some factors in this survival is important. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cadaveric donor kidney transplant recipients in transplant patients of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz during the last 5 years. Mate...

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in a renal transplant recipient successfully treated with voriconazole.

Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused By Pyrenochaeta Romeroi in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report.

Infections are Achilles heel of kidney transplant recipients. Opportunistic fungal infections are increasingly recognized in these patients. We report a case of kidney transplant recipient with skin and soft tissue infection caused by Pyrenochaeta romeroi, a dematiaceous fungi. Infection by this organism is rare.

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Curvularia lunata in a renal transplant patient.

BACKGROUND Phaeohyphomycosis is defined as an infection caused by melanized fungi. It predominates in tropical climate and is currently classified as superficial, allergic, central nervous system or lung infections, and disseminated. Curvularia is one of the many genres which can cause this disease. Phialophora, Alternaria and Exophiala are more commonly isolated from subcutaneous lesions. CA...

Evaluation of Long-term Effect of Adding Low-Dose Daclizumab to Standard Protocol on Kidney Rejection in Kidney Recipients

Background & Aims: Daclizumab is a monoclonal antibody directed against CD25 subunit of interlukin 2 receptor. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of daclizumab on reduction of acute rejection in renal transplantation with regular or limited dose. The present study assessed the outcomes of 3 and 5 years follow-up of a prospective case-control trial comparing safety and efficacy of indu...