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Infections in renal transplantation

Publication details

Prof Sunil Bhandari, Dr Adam D Jakes, Poonam Jani
Foundation Years Journal, volume 8, issue 4, p.26 (123Doc Education, London, April 2014)

Abstract

A 48 year old gentleman with adult polycystic kidney disease received a deceased donor renal transplant. His maintenance immunosuppressive therapy was tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. He presented 8 months post-transplantation with fever and profuse diarrhoea for the previous 5 days (no blood), abdominal pain and lethargy. Initial investigations demonstrated an acute increase in serum creatinine from his baseline, together with a low white cell count and platelets. Here we discuss common infections in renal transplantation patients.

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Authors

Prof Sunil Bhandari

Consultant Nephrologist, Honorary Clinical Professor,
Deputy Head of School of Medicine, Yorkshire Deanery,
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,
Anlaby Road, Kingston Upon Hull, HU32JZ
sunil.bhandari@hey.nhs.uk

Dr Adam D Jakes

Academic Foundation Doctor, St James’s Univeristy Hospital,
Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF
adam.jakes@hyms.ac.uk

Poonam Jani

Medical Student, Hull-York Medical School, Hertford Building,
University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX
poonam.jani@hyms.ac.uk

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