Subacute staphylococcal pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient.
A patient is reported who developed subacute staphylococcal pneumonia 17 months after renal transplantation. Although the illness was modified by oral antimicrobial drugs, a remarkably benign course was observed, leading to a presumptive diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infection. Thus, staphylococcal pneumonia may complicate the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infection in transplant recipients.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D010406:Penicillins