COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
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球孢子菌病和肾移植
DOI:
10.1097/00007890-197706000-00005
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发表时间:
1977
期刊:
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
R. Weil
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
G. P. Schröter;K. Bakshandeh;B. Husberg;R. Weil
SUMMARY Two cases of coccidioidomycosis detected in a group of more than 750 renal transplants are presented. The first patient died from unsuspected disseminated coccidioidomycosis 41/2 years after primary transplantation and 6 days after retransplantation. In the second patient pulmonary coccidioidomycosis was recognized and treated by lobectomy and amphotericin B before transplantation; subsequent transplantation has provided good renal function without recurrence of infection for 5 years. Experience with six other reported cases of coccidioidomycosis illustrates the high risk of exacerbation and dissemination of preexisting coccidioidal infection in immuno-suppressed transplant recipients. Nevertheless, this risk can be made acceptable if active coccidioidomycosis is treated vigorously before immunosuppression is started and if the possibility of exacerbation of infection after transplantation is carefully monitored.