Paracoccidioidomycosis in a renal transplant recipient

J Med Vet Mycol. 1995 Nov-Dec;33(6):411-4. doi: 10.1080/02681219580000781.

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection rarely described in immunodeficient patients. We report a severe case of pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis in a renal transplant recipient and demonstrate deficiencies of in vitro lymphocytic transformation assays, skin hypersensitivity tests, as well as low levels of antibodies to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Opportunistic Infections / immunology*
  • Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / drug therapy
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / immunology*
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / immunology*
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology