An unusual clinical presentation of tuberculous pyomyositis in a renal allograft recipient

• Published in: Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 1175 - 1178
• Main Authors: Khandalvalli, Pradeep, Yadla, Manjusha, Nazneen, Shabana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation 01-09-2019; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Abscess; Abscess - diagnosis; Abscess - microbiology; Abscess - therapy; Adult; Antibiotics; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Care and treatment; Case studies; Cellular biology; Complications and side effects; Development and progression; Drainage; Female; Fever; Fungi; Humans; Infection; Infections; Kidney diseases; Kidney transplantation; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Medication Adherence; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Organ transplant recipients; Organ transplantation; Organisms; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Pyomyositis - diagnosis; Pyomyositis - microbiology; Pyomyositis - therapy; Skin; Transplants & implants; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; Ultrasonic imaging; Saudi Arabia
• ISSN: 1319-2442; 2320-3838
• DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.270277

-We present a renal allograft recipient with pulmonary tuberculosis presenting with
multiple subcutaneous abscesses involving left forearm, left thigh, suture site and left loin, which
on later evaluation revealed to be due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.