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Erschienen in: Pediatric Nephrology 9/2017

22.11.2016 | Clinical Quiz

Uncommon cause of fever in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Questions

verfasst von: Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Nikita Wadhwani, Pranaw Jha, Rajan Duggal, Reetesh Sharma, Shyam Bansal, Vijay Kher

Erschienen in: Pediatric Nephrology | Ausgabe 9/2017

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A 15-year-old boy received a living related pre-emptive renal transplant from his mother (native kidney disease being obstructive uropathy secondary to untreated congenital posterior urethral valves). The immunosuppression regimen consisted of the induction agent basiliximab and maintenance immunosuppression with the therapeutic combination tacrolimus + mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) + prednisolone. His baseline serum creatinine after renal transplant was 1 mg/dl. Ten months later, acute graft dysfunction ensued, and creatinine levels reached 9.8 mg/dl due to non-compliance with the medications, which necessitated hemodialysis. Kidney biopsy revealed acute cellular allograft rejection (Banff classification type IIA). The patient received three doses of pulse methylprednisolone and antithymocyte globulin (6 mg/kg), and the creatinine level dropped to 2.4 mg/dl. He was discharged on a combined therapeutic regimen of tacrolimus (levels: 6–8 ng/ml) + prednisolone + MMF. …
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Titel
Uncommon cause of fever in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Questions
verfasst von
Sidharth Kumar Sethi
Nikita Wadhwani
Pranaw Jha
Rajan Duggal
Reetesh Sharma
Shyam Bansal
Vijay Kher
Publikationsdatum
22.11.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Pediatric Nephrology / Ausgabe 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-016-3547-6

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