Cutaneous histoplasmosis after renal transplantation.
A 21-year-old woman with a renal allograft presented with cellulitis of the right foot as the first manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis. Disseminated histoplasmosis is more common in immunosuppressed hosts, and there is a trend toward more frequent cutaneous manifestations in transplant recipients (47%). Biopsy of cellulitis in these patients may lead to early diagnosis and curative amphotericin therapy.
D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous