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Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as septic shock five weeks after renal transplantation
Author(s) -
Vaughan L.B.,
Wenzel R.P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12044
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , toxoplasmosis , renal transplant , intensive care medicine , transplantation , shock (circulatory) , presentation (obstetrics) , sepsis , surgery , immunology
We discuss a case of acute disseminated toxoplasmosis in a renal transplant recipient presenting with septic shock. Our literature review of disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as septic shock reveals a disease process that is rapid and almost uniformly fatal. This unusual presentation warrants a high index of suspicion in transplant recipients with immediate administration of appropriate empiric antimicrobials.