[Histoplasmosis in a renal transplant patient].
The case of a Spanish kidney transplant patient who developed disseminated histoplasmosis approximately one year and a half after transplantation without having previously visited or travelled to endemic areas of histoplasmosis is presented. To our knowledge this is the first case of this disease in a kidney transplant patient in Spain without epidemiologic antecedent. The study of anti-histoplasm antibodies by complement fixation of the donor and recipient did not safely clarify the mechanism of contagion.
Ara
J
J
Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona. jara@hugtip.scs.es
Matas
L
L
Lauzurica
R
R
Agraz
I
I
Bayes
B
B
Bonet
J
J
Romero
A
A
Pérez
R
R
D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged