Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

V Viswanathan; V Kandasamy; YN Reddy; YN Reddy; A Kurien; M Mathew; G Abraham

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2012 | Volume : 22 | Issue : 5 | Page : 388-391

Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

V Viswanathan¹, V Kandasamy¹, YN Reddy¹, YN Reddy¹, A Kurien¹, M Mathew¹, G Abraham²
¹ Department of Medicine and Tanker Foundation, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India
² Department of Medicine and Tanker Foundation, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai; Department of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India

Correspondence Address:
G Abraham
Madras Medical Mission, 9/2, 15th Avenue Road, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031, Tamil Nadu
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephropathy, allograft tuberculosis, BK viremia, and was diagnosed to have contracted HIV infection.

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