title: Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with ileal perforation in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Zainudin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kassim
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Annuar
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghazali
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Murad
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole