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Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis after a renal transplant in a nonendemic region.

Abstract
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the Coccidioides species, endemic to the southwestern United States. In healthy people, manifestations range mainly from asymptomatic to mild influenza-like signs, whereas in immunosuppressed patients (eg, transplant recipients) this infection is often a severe disseminated disease. We report a case of primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a 61-year-old man with a renal transplant 7 months earlier. The patient had nonspecific symptoms of pulmonary infection, including weakness, anorexia, and weight loss. Both spherules and endospores of Coccidioides immitis were seen histologically after a transbronchial biopsy of a cavitary lesion. The patient was treated with amphotericin B. At the time of this writing (8 months), he remains disease free.
AuthorsMerih Tepeoglu, Hilal Erinanc, Handan Ozdemir, Hale Turan, Gokhan Moray, Mehmet Haberal
JournalExperimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (Exp Clin Transplant) Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pg. 71-3 (Feb 2014) ISSN: 2146-8427 [Electronic] Turkey
PMID23742155 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B
Topics
  • Amphotericin B (therapeutic use)
  • Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Biopsy
  • Coccidioides (isolation & purification)
  • Coccidioidomycosis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation (adverse effects)
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Turkey

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