Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with ileal perforation in a renal transplant recipient.
A renal transplant patient presented with ileal perforation due to histoplasmosis 3 years after transplantation. Mesenteric lymph nodes and lungs were also affected by the disease. She was successfully treated with amphotericin B followed by ketoconazole.
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Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
Kassim
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Lim
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Ghazali
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Murad
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000382:microbiology*; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation
D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole