Fungal infections in renal transplant recipients. 1978

R J Howard, and R L Simmons, and J S Najarian

Infection continues to be a major source of morbidity and the major source of mortality in renal transplant recipients who are susceptible to opportunistic infections. We recently reviewed all renal transplant recipients who had fungi cultured during a three year period. C. albicans and T. glabrata were cultured most frequently. Deep fungal infections occurred in many patients and were frequently observed late in the course of bacterial and viral infections. Ten patients had fungemia, and primary fungal pneumonia occurred in eight patients. Three patients had fungal infection of the central nervous system. Three of eight patients with fungal pneumonia and eight of ten patients with fungemia died as a result of their fungus infections. These patients frequently had poor renal function and were receiving high steroid doses or had recently been treated for kidney rejection. One patient with fungal pneumonia and six patients with fungemia had the fungus cultured from a superficial site. Several patients developed fungal infections late in the course of viral or bacterial infections. Amphotericin-B and 5-fluorocytosine remain the mainstays of antifungal therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008172 Lung Diseases, Fungal Pulmonary diseases caused by fungal infections, usually through hematogenous spread. Fungal Lung Diseases,Pulmonary Fungal Infections,Pulmonary Fungal Diseases,Fungal Disease, Pulmonary,Fungal Diseases, Pulmonary,Fungal Infection, Pulmonary,Fungal Infections, Pulmonary,Fungal Lung Disease,Lung Disease, Fungal,Pulmonary Fungal Disease,Pulmonary Fungal Infection
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009181 Mycoses Diseases caused by FUNGI. Fungus Diseases,Fungal Diseases,Fungal Infections,Fungus Infections,Disease, Fungal,Disease, Fungus,Diseases, Fungal,Diseases, Fungus,Fungal Disease,Fungal Infection,Fungus Disease,Fungus Infection,Infection, Fungal,Infection, Fungus,Infections, Fungal,Infections, Fungus
D010532 Peritoneal Diseases Pathological processes involving the PERITONEUM. Peritoneal Disease
D011014 Pneumonia Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation. Experimental Lung Inflammation,Lobar Pneumonia,Lung Inflammation,Pneumonia, Lobar,Pneumonitis,Pulmonary Inflammation,Experimental Lung Inflammations,Inflammation, Experimental Lung,Inflammation, Lung,Inflammation, Pulmonary,Inflammations, Lung,Inflammations, Pulmonary,Lobar Pneumonias,Lung Inflammation, Experimental,Lung Inflammations,Lung Inflammations, Experimental,Pneumonias,Pneumonias, Lobar,Pneumonitides,Pulmonary Inflammations
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002493 Central Nervous System Diseases Diseases of any component of the brain (including the cerebral hemispheres, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum) or the spinal cord. CNS Disease,Central Nervous System Disease,Central Nervous System Disorder,CNS Diseases,Central Nervous System Disorders
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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