Cutaneous presentation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis nine years after renal transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rosado Odom, V M ^a   Daoud, J ^a   Johnson, R ^a   Allen, S D ^a   Lockhart, S R ^b   Iqbal, N ^b   Shieh, W J ^b   Zaki, S ^b   Sharfuddin, A A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lesion; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHICKEN; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MANURE; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THIGH;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITRACONAZOLE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875939119     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12059     Document Type: Article

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