Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient.

Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient. J Bras Nefrol. 2018 Apr 23;: Authors: Fernandes AR, Viana LA, Mansur JB, Françoso MM, Santos DWCL, Silva HT, Pestana JOM Abstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy, and the treatment with liposomal amphotericin resulted in hepatotoxicity. PMID: 29738029 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: J Bras Nefrol Source Type: research