Cutaneous Cryptococcal Infection in Renal Transplant Recipient

Jhansi Vani DEVANA; Saleem Mohammed ABDUL; Vikrantha REDDY

doi:https://doi.org/10.5799/jmid.657899

Makale detayları

Cutaneous Cryptococcal Infection in Renal Transplant Recipient

Yazarlar:

Jhansi Vani DEVANA | Saleem Mohammed ABDUL | Vikrantha REDDY

Yayıncı:

Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2019 Vol.09 Issue 04, pp.164-166

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000487308

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2146-9369

pISSN:

2146-3158

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5799/jmid.657899

Özet:

 

Invasive fungal infections occur in 5-59% of solid organ transplant recipients. Among fungal infections, Cryptococcus remains a significant opportunistic infection in solid organ transplant recipients. The incidence of cryptococcal infection in solid organ recipients was about 2.8 per 100 transplant recipients. Mortality rates in organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis range from 15% to 20%.The type of primary immunosuppressive agents used in solid organ transplant recipients influences the predominant clinical manifestations of cryptococcosis. Patients who are receiving tacrolimus were significantly less likely to have central nervous system involvement and more likely to have skin, soft tissue and osteoarticular involvement than patients receiving non tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive agents We report a case of cutaneous Cryptococcus neoformans infection in 59 years old renal transplant recipient who underwent renal transplantation ten years ago. He was on immunosuppressant drugs like tacrolimus. High clinical suspicion will help in early diagnosis and treatment. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2019; 9(4):164-166.

Makale detayları

Cutaneous Cryptococcal Infection in Renal Transplant Recipient

Yazarlar: Jhansi Vani DEVANA | Saleem Mohammed ABDUL | Vikrantha REDDY

Yayıncı: Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2019 Vol.09 Issue 04, pp.164-166

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000487308

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2146-9369

pISSN: 2146-3158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5799/jmid.657899

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Jhansi Vani DEVANA | Saleem Mohammed ABDUL | Vikrantha REDDY

Yayıncı:

Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2019 Vol.09 Issue 04, pp.164-166

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000487308

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2146-9369

pISSN:

2146-3158

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5799/jmid.657899