A Late-Onset Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection after Renal Transplantation

• Published in: International journal of organ transplantation medicine Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 63 - 67
• Main Authors: Mete, A O, Koçak, K, Karaoglan, I, Eksi, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shiraz Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 01-07-2022
• Subjects: Cerebrospinal fluid; Consciousness; Food contamination & poisoning; Fungal infections; Kidney transplants; Lungs; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nervous system; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Skin; Thorax; Yeast
• ISSN: 2008-6482; 2008-6490

[...]it should be considered that opportunistic fungal infections that may develop due to the use of immunosuppressive agents in patients undergoing solid organ transplantation. According to epidemiological studies, cryptococcal infections are thought to develop with the reactivation of latent infection. [...]of pathologic investigation, yeast elements were seen, and the Liposomal Amphoterisine-B (L-AMB) treatment was implemented for seven days. [...]in the middle lobe, there was a consolidation field, including an air bronchogram which was located from the hiler region to the anterior subpleural distance. [...]patchwork-like reticulonodular infiltration fields in bilateral lungs and sporadic frosted glass density fields was observed (Fig. 2). According to epidemiological studies, it is thought that latent infection's reactivation developed instead of newly developed infection [1,5].