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Transpl Infect Dis ; 14(5): E44-9, 2012 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22822725

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Mycobacterial infection in an organ transplant recipient is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Diagnosis is often delayed, resulting in significant morbidity. Anti-microbial chemotherapy needs careful selection to prevent potentially significant complications, such as organ rejection and dose-related toxicities. We present the case of a 61-year-old Caucasian male kidney transplant recipient with chronic tenosynovitis of the left wrist. Histological findings of the synovial biopsy revealed multinucleated giant cell epithelioid granuloma. Culture of synovial fluid grew Mycobacterium kansasii. Treatment with rifampicin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin proved curative, but the patient developed irreversible ethambutol-related optic neuritis.


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Trasplante de Riñón/efectos adversos , Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas/microbiología , Mycobacterium kansasii/aislamiento & purificación , Tenosinovitis/microbiología , Muñeca , Claritromicina/uso terapéutico , Etambutol/efectos adversos , Etambutol/uso terapéutico , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas/tratamiento farmacológico , Mycobacterium kansasii/efectos de los fármacos , Neuritis Óptica/inducido químicamente , Rifampin/uso terapéutico , Tenosinovitis/diagnóstico , Tenosinovitis/tratamiento farmacológico
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