Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient

Abstract

Abstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy, and the treatment with liposomal amphotericin resulted in hepatotoxicity.

Keywords

• kidney transplant
• immunosuppression
• sepsis
• opportunistic infections