Disseminated toxoplasmosis: a life-threatening complication of inadequate posttransplant prophylaxis

Kidney Int. 2019 May;95(5):1274. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.10.002.

Authors

Justin Lee Loy¹, Abhilash Koratala², Yanel De Los Santos³, Gajapathiraju Chamarthi¹, Alfonso H Santos¹, Kawther F Alquadan¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Electronic address: akoratsla@ufl.edu.
³ Division of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

PMID: 31010482
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.10.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibiotic Prophylaxis / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Heart / parasitology
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Lung / parasitology
Male
Pentamidine / administration & dosage
Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*
Toxoplasmosis / microbiology
Toxoplasmosis / prevention & control
Treatment Failure

Substances

Pentamidine