Recurrent septicemia in a renal transplant recipient.
The incidence of infection is significantly elevated in renal transplant recipients,but native kidney infection is an uncommon event in these patients. We describe a 52-year-old renal transplant recipient with infection of the native kidneys that had atypical clinical presentation and a unusual course.
Nephrology Department, Shahed University, Mustafa Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein
H
Nejad-Gashti
Suzan
S
Sanavi
Reza
R
Afshar
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents