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Case Reports
. 2012 Sep;22(5):388-91.
doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.103929.

Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

V Viswanathan  1 , V Kandasamy, Y N Reddy, Y N Reddy, A Kurien, M Mathew, G Abraham
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Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

V Viswanathan et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephropathy, allograft tuberculosis, BK viremia, and was diagnosed to have contracted HIV infection.

Keywords: BK viremia; human immunodeficiency virus; kaposi sarcoma; kidney transplantation; sirolimus; tuberculosis.

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Conflict of Interest: We have had no involvements that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or in the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated.

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Figure 1
Kaposi's sarcoma
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(a) Chronic allograft nephropathy. (b) A fragment of necrotic tissue is seen along with an ill-defined epithelioid granulomatous inflammation
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