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Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Answers.
Document Type
Case Study
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Subject
*CHRONIC kidney failure
*ANTIVIRAL agents
*BIOPSY
*BONE marrow
*COMPUTED tomography
*CYTOMEGALOVIRUS diseases
*FATIGUE (Physiology)
*FEVER
*HEMODIALYSIS
*IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents
*KIDNEY transplantation
*GENETIC mutation
*POLYMERASE chain reaction
*POSITRON emission tomography
*TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
*ADOLESCENCE
*DIAGNOSIS
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0931-041X
Abstract
The article present a case study of a patient with persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant. It mentions bone marrow biopsy showed presence of intracellular yeast forms along with rare histiocytes showing hemophagocytosis; and also mentions within 2 weeks of starting antimicrobial regimen, her fever and hematologic abnormalities resolved slowly.