Late presentation of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after renal transplant: A case report

Publication date: June 2018
Source:Medical Mycology Case Reports, Volume 20
Author(s): Prithiv Prasad, Kevin Bryan Lo, Pradhum Ram
The highest risk of opportunistic infections is from 1 to 6 months post-transplant. We report a rare case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient only on maintenance immunosuppression eleven years after transplant without concomitant CMV infection or recent episodes of graft rejection.



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