Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2018)

Hematuria secondary to aeromonas infection in a kidney transplant recipient

  • Syed Sajad Hussain,
  • Samina Farhat,
  • Sanjiv Jasuja

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.239635
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 976 – 978

Abstract

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Urinary tract infection is the most common bacterial infection occurring in renal transplant recipients and is associated with significant morbidity. The etiology and site of origin of hematuria in the transplant recipient is similar to that of the general population. Aeromonas species have been found to cause infection in immunocompromised hosts including patients of chronic kidney disease. To the best of our knowledge, there has not been any case report regarding the infection of Aeromonas in kidney transplant recipients.