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Case Reports
. 2024 Jun;26(3):e14269.
doi: 10.1111/tid.14269. Epub 2024 Mar 19.

Histoplasma capsulatum tenosynovitis: An unusual presentation in a kidney transplant recipient

Jhongert Alza-Arcila  1 , Isabel Cristina Ramírez-Sánchez  1   2 , Ricardo Augusto Diaz-Sanabria  1
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Histoplasma capsulatum tenosynovitis: An unusual presentation in a kidney transplant recipient

Jhongert Alza-Arcila et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is an expected endemic mycosis in solid organ transplant recipients and occurs as a primary infection, reactivation, or, rarely, acquired from an infected allograft. Reactivation is favored by maintenance immunosuppression or anti-rejection therapy, which facilitates the appearance of disseminated forms as well as unusual presentations. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with isolated tenosynovitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum 25 years after a kidney transplant.

Keywords: Histoplasma capsulatum; kidney; tenosynovitis; transplantation.

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