Patel Minaxi H, Vanikar Aruna V, Patel Himanshu V, Patel Rashmi D
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Services and Immunohematology, G.R. Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) - Dr. H.L. Trivedi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Services and Immunohematology, G.R. Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) - Dr. H.L. Trivedi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jul;11(7):DD01-DD02. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/27919.10288. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
The immunosuppressive state in organ transplantation leads to infectious complications responsible for high mortality rate. Fungal infections account for 5% of all infections in Renal Transplantation (RT) recipients. Aspergillus species are filamentous fungi frequently causing fungal infections in RT recipients. Lungs and paranasal sinuses are the usual portal of entry from where it disseminates to other organs. Here, we are reporting a case of 14-year-old boy with RT from mother's kidney, who had atypical presentation of isolated cerebral aspergillosis at 19 months post-transplant without identified portal of entry. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment saved the patient and the graft.
器官移植中的免疫抑制状态会导致感染性并发症,这些并发症是高死亡率的原因。真菌感染占肾移植(RT)受者所有感染的5%。曲霉菌属是丝状真菌,经常在RT受者中引起真菌感染。肺和鼻窦是常见的感染入口,感染由此扩散到其他器官。在此,我们报告一例14岁接受母亲肾脏移植的男孩,他在移植后19个月出现孤立性脑曲霉菌病的非典型表现,且未发现感染入口。早期诊断和及时治疗挽救了患者和移植肾。