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High Suspicion of Bacillary Angiomatosis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Difficult Way to Diagnose—Case Report
- Source :
- Transplantation Proceedings. 39:311-313
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- Bacillary angiomatosis is an infection caused by Bartonella, which has first been described in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. We report an unusually located lesion, in a totally asymptomatic kidney transplant recipient. The diagnosis was strongly suggested based on the iconography and our histological analysis, but was not confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemical studies. We illustrate our difficult way to the diagnosis as well as the course of the disease and our therapeutic strategy.
- Subjects :
- Bartonella
Angiomatosis
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Urinary system
Disease
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Asymptomatic
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
Necrosis
Postoperative Complications
Bartonella Infections
medicine
Humans
Kidney transplantation
Transplantation
biology
business.industry
Middle Aged
Thoracic Neoplasms
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Bacillary angiomatosis
Kidney Transplantation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Treatment Outcome
Female
Radiography, Thoracic
Surgery
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00411345
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transplantation Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....48453b5924d30b1ab4e6aa11d4193af0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.202