[Case report of skin tuberculosis after living renal transplantation]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2006 Jan;97(1):60-3. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.97.60.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report on a mycobacterium tuberculosis after renal transplantation. This is, to our knowledge, the first case report on an isolated skin tuberculosis with mycobacterium tuberculosis after renal transplantation. A-68-year-old renal transplant recipient presented with a nodule in his right breast. A diagnosis of a mycobacterium tuberculosis skin infection was made and antimycobacterial therapy was started.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Living Donors*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / etiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents