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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Late-onset and atypical presentation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient |
Author: | Li, J. Yong, T. Grove, D. Coates, P. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, 2008; 13(1):92-95 |
Publisher: | Springer Japan KK |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1437-7799 1342-1751 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jordan Y. Z. Li, Tuck Y. Yong, David I. Grove and P. Toby H. Coates |
Abstract: | Pneumocystis jivorecii (formerly known as carinii) pneumonia (PCP) is potentially a life-threatening opportunistic infection after organ transplantation, occurring most frequently in the first 12 months, where the incidence rate is several-fold higher than in later years. PCP typically presents with fever, cough, dyspnoea and hypoxia. In organ transplant recipients, the onset of symptoms is generally more fulminant compared to patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. We present a patient who developed PCP five years after a renal transplantation. His presentation was characterised by atypical symptoms and an indolent onset. Previous acute vascular rejection, ongoing maintenance prednisolone usage, cytomegalovirus seropositivity and past tuberculous infection may have predisposed this patient to PCP. |
Keywords: | Pneumocystis jivorecii pneumonia Kidney transplant Immunosuppression Opportunistic infection |
Description: | The original publication can be found at www.springerlink.com |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10157-008-0079-9 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10157-008-0079-9 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medicine publications |
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