Thrombocytopenia after kidney transplantation.
We report a case of posttransplant malaria in which the patient developed progressive thrombocytopenia after receiving living related donor kidney transplantation. The donor, who flew in from Sri Lanka for the procedure, had suffered from malaria 18 months earlier. Malaria should be suspected in transplant patients receiving organs from donors originating from countries with a high prevalence of malaria.
Nüesch
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Division of Infectious Diseases, the Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Cynke
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Jost
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Zimmerli
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014195:Travel