Disseminated cryptococcal infection in a patient with a remote renal transplant

2021/02/08 by Kelli Li, Abid Ali Khan, Sharmistha Mishra +1 · 1 voice · 5 citations
Medicine · #Antifungal resistance and susceptibility #Creatinine #Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research #Fungal Infections and Studies #Intensive care medicine #Internal medicine #Kidney #Kidney disease #Kidney transplant #Kidney transplantation #Medicine #Pneumonia #Polycystic kidney disease #Renal transplant #Urinary system

paper · pdf · doi:10.1503/cmaj.200825

published in Canadian Medical Association Journal 193(6), E211-E214 (Canadian Medical Association)

openalex publication_date 2021/02/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

KEY POINTS A 55-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with pneumonia; she had received a renal transplant for polycystic kidney disease 14 years prior. Her post-transplant history included chronic allograft nephropathy, with a baseline creatinine of 250 (normal 42–102) μmol/L. The patient had

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• 55-y-o ♀️ renal #transplant 14 years prior: febrile, pneumonia, headache and #lethargy #MRI: bubble-like, T2-hyperintense signal foci without diffusion restriction involving the bilateral basal gan [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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