Medical Mycology Case Reports (Sep 2018)

Blastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient: Case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

  • Alexis Guenette,
  • Shahid Husain,
  • Ana Konvalinka,
  • William Geddie,
  • Coleman Rotstein

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21
pp. 20 – 22

Abstract

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There are limited data on blastomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients with the subsequent development of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Herein we describe a case of pulmonary blastomycosis in a renal transplant recipient with the development of concomitant IRIS. Keywords: Transplantation, Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS), Blastomycosis