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Disseminated aspergillosis in a renal transplant patient: Diagnostic difficulties re-emphasized
The Johns Hopkins Medical Journal
|November 1, 1975
Abstract:
An asymptomatic and radiographically occult lung abscess was the primary focus of infection in this case of fatal disseminated aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient. Extensive neurological evaluation in response to a change in personality failed to reveal a brain abscess, which was the cause of death. This case illustrates the variability in presentations of aspergillosis and the continuing difficulties in diagnosing this infection in immunosuppressed patients.
Insights
Fatal disseminated aspergillosis occurred in a renal transplant recipient. The infection began in the lungs but caused death via a brain abscess, highlighting diagnostic challenges in immunosuppressed individuals.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Transplantation
Background:
- Disseminated aspergillosis is a severe fungal infection.
- Renal transplant recipients are immunocompromised, increasing infection risk.
- Aspergillosis can present with varied and subtle symptoms.