Mycobacterium haemophilum and Histoplasma capsulatum coinfection in a renal transplant patient

Cecilia G Clement; Michael J Loeffelholz; Mahmoud A Eltorky; Yi-Wei Tang; Natalie Williams-Bouyer

doi:10.1128/JCM.00521-11

Mycobacterium haemophilum and Histoplasma capsulatum coinfection in a renal transplant patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Sep;49(9):3425-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00521-11. Epub 2011 Jun 29.

Authors

Cecilia G Clement¹, Michael J Loeffelholz, Mahmoud A Eltorky, Yi-Wei Tang, Natalie Williams-Bouyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0740, USA.

Abstract

We report the case of a 22-year-old man who presented with a Mycobacterium haemophilum and Histoplasma capsulatum coinfection occurring 21 years after a living-donor-related renal transplant.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Histocytochemistry
Histoplasma / isolation & purification*
Histoplasmosis / complications*
Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
Histoplasmosis / microbiology
Humans
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
Male
Microscopy
Mycobacterium Infections / complications*
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Mycobacterium haemophilum / isolation & purification*
Skin / pathology
Transplantation
Young Adult