Successful Treatment of Cutaneous Blastomycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient With BK Virus Infection: A Case Report

G Ergin; S M Deger; G Guz

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.018

Successful Treatment of Cutaneous Blastomycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient With BK Virus Infection: A Case Report

Transplant Proc. 2019 Mar;51(2):565-567. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.018. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Authors

G Ergin¹, S M Deger², G Guz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuksek Ihtisas University, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuksek Ihtisas University, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: serpilmugedeger@yiu.edu.tr.
³ Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 30879591
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.018

Abstract

This is the first case report from Turkey to describe a renal transplant complicated by subcutaneous blastomycosis and BK infection. The cutaneous lesions were successfully treated with amphotericin B and fluconazole. The presence of BK infection led to graft failure. Infections with uncommonly seen organisms should be kept in mind due to the impaired T-cell immunity in transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
BK Virus
Blastomycosis / drug therapy
Blastomycosis / immunology*
Coinfection
Fluconazole / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Polyomavirus Infections / immunology*
Tumor Virus Infections / immunology*
Turkey

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Amphotericin B
Fluconazole