Disseminated Erythematous Papules in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case of Disseminated Tuberculosis

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases Vol. 34; no. 10; pp. 775 - 777
• Main Authors: Park, Kyung-Woo, Kim, Ui-Seok, Shin, Jong-Wook, Yoo, Chul-Gyu, Oh, Myoung-Don, Choe, Kangwon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 2002; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy, Needle; Dermatology; Erythema - drug therapy; Erythema - microbiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Kidney Transplantation - immunology; Korea; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects; Transplantation Immunology; Treatment Outcome; Tropical medicine; Tuberculin Test; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tuberculosis, Miliary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Miliary - drug therapy; Asia; South Korea; Korea; Human; Papule; Skin disease; Transplantation; Mycobacterial infection; Homotransplantation; Kidney; Infection; Case study; Treatment; Tuberculosis; Surgery; Bacteriosis; Graft; Skin; Disseminated
• ISSN: 0036-5548; 1651-1980
• DOI: 10.1080/00365540260348617

The incidence of tuberculosis in renal transplant patients has been reported to be fairly low and disseminated tuberculosis presenting with cutaneous manifestations has not been reported previously in these patients. We report the case of a 62-y-old kidney transplant recipient with a long-term history of chronic immunosuppressive therapy who presented with high fever, rapidly progressing respiratory failure and disseminated erythematous pustular cutaneous lesions.