Gastropulmonary Fistula in a Renal Transplanted Patient! Who Knew?

作者

  • Ahad Qayyum Bahria Town Hospital, Lahore
  • Marium Tahir Bahria Town Hospital, Lahore
  • Fahad Mehmood Bahria Town Hospital, Lahore
  • Ahmad Raza Bahria Town Hospital, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd51141

关键词:

kidney transplant, gastropulmonary fistula, sepsis, klebsiella pneumonia, immunosuppression, opportunistic infection, immune compromised

摘要

Patients requiring immunosuppressive therapy after transplantation are susceptible to infection by a variety of common and uncommon pathogens, and infection has been the major cause of death in organ transplant recipients.

Here we present one of a kind case where klebsiella pneumonia led to a fatal and life threatening complication i.e. gastro pulmonary fistula in a renal transplant recipient.

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已出版

2021-03-15

期次

卷 5 期 1 (2021): Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases

栏目

Case report

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Gastropulmonary Fistula in a Renal Transplanted Patient! Who Knew?. (2021). Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd51141