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Confirmed microsporidial graft infection in a HIV ‐negative renal transplant recipient: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Brown M.,
Longano A.,
Dendle C.,
Polkinghorne K.R.,
Kanellis J.
Publication year - 2018
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.12888
Subject(s) - medicine , microsporidiosis , bone marrow transplant , renal transplant , opportunistic infection , microsporidia , renal biopsy , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biopsy , transplantation , pathology , bone marrow , viral disease , bone marrow transplantation , parasite hosting , malaria , protozoal disease , world wide web , computer science
Microsporidia are intracellular organisms most commonly known to cause opportunistic infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ). There have been several case reports of infection in solid organ and bone marrow transplant recipients. Here, we report a case of a non‐HIV–infected renal transplant patient with microsporidiosis of the renal tract associated with acute graft dysfunction. We also review the literature of 12 previously reported cases of microsporidiosis in patients with renal transplants who had described graft involvement. We review the pattern of illness as well as the common renal biopsy features when microsporidial infection is associated with renal graft infection.