Turkish Journal of Nephrology
Case Report

Mixed Fungal Infection in Early Period after Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report

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Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Bursa, Turkey

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Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa, Turkey

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Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Bursa, Turkey

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Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Bursa, Turkey

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Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Bursa, Turkey

Turkish J Nephrol 2015; 24: 134-137
DOI: 10.5262/tndt.2015.1001.24
Read: 1553 Downloads: 910 Published: 04 February 2019

Invasive fungal infections have a rapid and frequently fatal course in patients with solid organ transplantations. Mostly Aspergillus spp., Mucorales spp., Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans are causal pathogens for opportunistic infections. Aspergillus spp. and Mucorales spp. especially lead to invasive fungal infections at rhino-cerebral area; they show similar radiological and clinical signs and they lead to invasive fungal co-infections. In case of any doubt about invasive fungal infections, antifungal treatment should be initiated as soon as possible and immunosuppressive treatment should be considered. This case presentation is about a patient at 51 years of age who developed invasive rhinocerebral mixed fungal infection in 4 weeks following renal transplant

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