Successful Treatment of Conjunctival Kaposi Sarcoma in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Negative Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 622-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emrah Gunay ◽  
Hasan Oncul
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Transplant Recipient ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Kidney Transplant Recipient ◽  
Kaposi Sarcoma ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

scholarly journals Successful treatment with foscarnet for ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus infection in a kidney transplant recipient: A case report

Nephrology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiki Iwami ◽  
Yayoi Ogawa ◽  
Hiromi Fujita ◽  
Ken Morita ◽  
Hajime Sasaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Transplant Recipient ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Infection ◽  
Kidney Transplant Recipient

scholarly journals Microsporidia Infection in a Mexican Kidney Transplant Recipient

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Oscar Xavier Hernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Octavio Alvarez-Torres ◽  
Norma Ofelia Uribe-Uribe
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Transplant Recipient ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Kidney Transplant Recipient ◽  
Solid Organ Transplantation ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Asymptomatic Patients ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hygienic Conditions

Microorganisms of the microsporidia group are obligated intracellular protozoa that belong to the phylum Microspora; currently they are considered to be related or belong to the fungi reign. It is considered an opportunistic infection in humans, and 14 species belonging to 8 different genera have been described. Immunocompromized patients such as those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), also HIV serum-negative asymptomatic patients, with poor hygienic conditions, and recipients of bone marrow or solid organ transplantation are susceptible to develop deinfection. Sixtytransplantedpatients with renal microsporidia infection have been reported worldwide. The aim of this paper is to inform about the 2nd case of kidney transplant and microsporidia infection documented in Mexico.

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