Open AccessDeafness and blindness in a renal transplant recipient with cryptococcal meningitis
Author(s) -
S. Aloui,
Mohamed Gorcii,
H. Skhiri,
Lamia Jaafoura,
I. Gorsane,
N. Ben Dhia,
A. Frih,
Rached Azaeiz,
Elmezri Elmayl
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.106246
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , meningitis , cryptococcal meningitis , transplantation , kidney transplantation , blindness , intensive care medicine , cryptococcus , opportunistic infection , immunology , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , microbiology and biotechnology , viral disease , biology , optometry
Infections are a major determinant of outcome in kidney transplantation. Opportunistic pathogens are common in kidney recipients and several organs can be affected. Central nervous system infection in transplant recipients is a medical emergency. There is limited information in the literature concerning post-transplantation cryptococcal infection. Deafness and blindness are not classic findings. We report a case of meningocerebral cryptococcosis complicated by deafness and blindness after kidney transplantation. Physicians need to consider the possibility of Cryptococcus neoformans when symptoms persist despite empiric antimicrobial therapy.