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| Year : 2020 |
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis Masquerading as Significant Weight Loss Eight Years Post Renal Transplant
Vijoy Kumar Jha, Debasish Mahapatra
Department of Nephrology, Medical Division, Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Vijoy Kumar Jha
Department of Nephrology, Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru - 560 007, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.292324
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With the advent of potent immunosuppressive therapies, renal transplant recipients are more susceptible to a variety of infections with atypical pathogens and presentations. In the setting of many years post-renal transplant, weight loss may be due to occult systemic fungal infection and if left untreated it may evolve with multisystem involvement. We describe a case with significant weight loss who got admitted for the evaluation for post-transplant lympho- proliferative disorder. The 30-year-old male patient presented with weight loss eight years post- renal transplant and detailed evaluation revealed systemic fungal infection involving cutaneous, pulmonary, and hematopoietic systems.
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