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Disseminated toxoplasmosis associated with hemophagocytic syndrome after kidney transplantation: A case report and review.

Juliette GayNicolas GendronCharles VerneyValentin JosteMarie-Laure DardéCharlotte LoheacFrançois VrtovsnikNicolas ArgySandrine Houze
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)
Disseminated toxoplasmosis is infrequent after kidney transplant transmission but life-threatening because of a lack of diagnostic suspicion as well as specific chemoprophylaxis recommendations. Solid organ transplantation has resulted in few cases of disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting with associated hemophagocytic syndrome. Herein, we report, within the context of a donor/receiver mismatch, a case of a toxoplasmosis associated with hemophagocytic syndrome in a kidney transplant recipient. Molecular and serological investigations confirmed Toxoplasma gondii transmission through the kidney graft.
Keyphrases
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  • case report
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