Sepsis-like histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant patient

Abstract Histoplasmosis is a fungus infection that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed sepsis-like histoplasmosis, na atypical but severe manifestation of the disease. The fungus was found in blood and in a skin biopsy, and the treatment with liposomal amphotericin resulted in hepatotoxicity.

摘要：组织胞浆菌病（Histoplasmosis）是一种主要侵袭免疫抑制患者的真菌感染。本文作者报告1例肾移植受者罹患类败血症型组织胞浆菌病的病例，该病症属于该病的非典型但严重的临床表现。研究人员在患者血液及皮肤活检样本中检出该真菌，采用脂质体两性霉素（liposomal amphotericin）治疗后，患者出现了肝毒性反应。