Open AccessGastropulmonary Fistula in a Renal Transplanted Patient! Who Knew?
Author(s) -
Ahad Qayyum,
Marium Tahir,
Fahad Mehmood,
Ahmad Raza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of kidney diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-3020
pISSN - 2617-0329
DOI - 10.53778/pjkd51141
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , pneumonia , fistula , renal transplant , pulmonary infection , transplantation , surgery , intensive care medicine
Patients requiring immunosuppressive therapy after transplantation are susceptible to infection by a variety of common and uncommon pathogens, and infection has been the major cause of death in organ transplant recipients.
Here we present one of a kind case where klebsiella pneumonia led to a fatal and life threatening complication i.e. gastro pulmonary fistula in a renal transplant recipient.