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01-09-2017 | Clinical Quiz

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

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

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 9/2017

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Disseminated histoplasmosis

Biopsy of abdominal/mediastinal lymph node, urinary histoplasma antigen

Intravenous liposomal amphotericin B for 4–6 weeks, withdrawal of MMF

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Title: Uncommon cause of fever in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Answers
Authors: Sidharth Kumar Sethi
Nikita Wadhwani
Pranaw Jha
Rajan Duggal
Reetesh Sharma
Shyam Bansal
Vijay Kher
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-016-3548-5

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