title: First report of tropical myositis and crescentic glomerulonephritis in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: We describe a renal transplant recipient who presented with tropical myositis and acute allograft dysfunction 2(1/2) years after transplantation. Graft biopsy showed immune-complex crescentic glomerulonephritis. He was receiving only 7.5 mg/d of prednisolone for more than 2 months before presentation. Renal function did not improve despite treatment with antibiotics, methylprednisolone pulse therapy, and cyclophosphamide. He died of septicemia.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nephrology and Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sud
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology*