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Epididymal abscess in renal transplant: uncommon presentation of Klebsiella septicemia.

Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (impact factor: 1.37). 10/2009; 14(1):97-9. DOI:10.1007/s10157-009-0225-z pp.97-9
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ABSTRACT We present a renal allograft recipient 16 months posttransplant with an unusual infectious complication. This gentleman was antihepatitis C virus pretransplant, had a live unrelated transplant, and was taking cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisolone. He developed diabetes and left scrotal abscess 3 months posttransplant and underwent left orchiectomy. He developed acute right epididymitis progressing to epididymal abscess, septicemia, and acute chronic graft dysfunction. Blood cultures and aspirated pus cultures grew Klebsiella pneumoniae and were treated with intravenous antibiotics, to which he responded. This case highlights an unusual complication in renal transplant and its successful management.

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Keywords

acute chronic graft dysfunction
 
aspirated pus cultures
 
epididymal abscess
 
live unrelated transplant
 
mycophenolate mofetil
 
prednisolone
 
renal allograft recipient 16 months posttransplant
 
renal transplant
 
scrotal abscess 3 months posttransplant
 
successful management