Blastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient: Case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Publication date: September 2018Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports, Volume 21Author(s): Alexis Guenette, Shahid Husain, Ana Konvalinka, William Geddie, Coleman RotsteinAbstractThere are limited data on blastomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients with the subsequent development of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Herein we describe a case of pulmonary blastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient with the development of concomitant IRIS.

Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports - July 11, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research