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A case of Pneumocystis pneumonia, with a granulomatous response and vitamin D‐mediated hypercalcemia, presenting 13 years after renal transplantation
Author(s) -
Taylor Lindsay N.,
Aesif Scott W.,
Matson Kristine M.
Publication year - 2019
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.13081
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumocystis pneumonia , pneumonia , complication , pneumocystis carinii , renal transplant , transplantation , immunology , opportunistic infection , vitamin d and neurology , dermatology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pneumocystis jirovecii , viral disease
Vitamin D‐mediated hypercalcemia is an uncommon complication of Pneumocystis infection. A granulomatous response resulting from Pneumocystis infection is also atypical. In this report, we describe an exceptional case of granulomatous Pneumocystis pneumonia associated with vitamin D‐mediated hypercalcemia, in a patient who presented unusually late after renal transplantation. The patient's hypercalcemia resolved with treatment of the infection.