scholarly journals Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Tinmouth ◽  
Jeffrey Baker ◽  
Geoffrey Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Renal Transplant Patient ◽  
Transplant Patient ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Pathological Examination ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Resected Tissue ◽  
Solid Organ Transplant Patient ◽  
Organ Transplant Patient

The clinical course and management of a rare case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis occurring in a renal transplant patient are presented. The diagnosis was made on pathological examination of surgically resected tissue from the colon, spleen and stomach. The patient did not survive the infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the 11th reported case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a solid organ transplant patient. The pathophysiology, incidence and prognosis of this disease are discussed.

scholarly journals Nocardia thailandica Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a Post-Solid Organ Transplant Patient

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 3686-3690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Canterino ◽  
Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi ◽  
Barbara A. Brown-Elliott ◽  
Wilson Vientos ◽  
Ravikiran Vasireddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transplant Patient ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
The United States ◽  
Solid Organ Transplant ◽  
Nocardia Asteroides ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pulmonary Nocardiosis ◽  
Solid Organ Transplant Patient ◽  
Organ Transplant Patient

Nocardia thailandicais a rare pathogen related toNocardia asteroides,Nocardia neocaledoniensis, andNocardia caishijiensisthat, since its original description in 2004, has only been reported to cause wound and ocular infections in humans. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused byNocardia thailandicain a 66-year-old solid organ transplant patient from Connecticut, which was identified at the molecular taxonomic level bysecA1analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). To our knowledge, this is the first reported case ofN. thailandicain the United States and the first report of pulmonary infection by this pathogen in the literature.

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