Cutaneous leishmaniasis may present as unusual manifestations in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. This misleading presentation, may delay the diagnosis and treatment. Moreover special caution must be taken in renal transplant recipients because of possible interactions between antimony compounds and cyclosporine metabolites. We report a 45-year old man with 5 years...

Evidences from many studies suggested a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a valuable method for diagnosing infectious disease in the transplant recipients. We used this method for detection of Toxoplasma, gondii and human cytomegalovirus in blood specimens from patients after bone marrow or kidney transplantation. DNA of both infectious agents were detected using two separate sets of nested pr...

introduction: the long-term use of immunosuppressive agents for prevention of allograft rejection increases the risk of malignancy approximately 100 times as high as that in the general population and kaposi’s sarcoma (ks) is a relatively common malignancy after kidney transplantation. the aim of present study was to investigate the frequency of ks in patients with kidney transplantation in 20 ...

Preemptive kidney transplantation is associated with superior outcomes. Patients who have kidney failure due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may not receive a preemptive kidney transplant because of the concern for risk of disease recurrence with shortened graft and patient survival. We identified 8001 patients in the United Network for Organ Sharing dataset who underwent kidney transplan...

While compromised cognition has been identified in individuals at various stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), few studies have examined cognition following successful kidney transplants. Kidney transplantation typically leads to improvement of metabolic factors associated with CKD; however, co-morbid diseases independently linked with cognitive compromise often persist. To clarify the neuro...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common in patients awaiting liver transplantation, and both have a marked impact on the perioperative and long-term morbidity and mortality of liver transplant recipients. Consequently, we reviewed the epidemiology of AKI and CKD in patients with end-stage liver disease, highlighted strategies to prevent and manage AKI, evaluated th...

Kidney transplantation can be associated with various complications that vary from vascular complications to urologic disorders to immunologic adverse effects. In evaluating the recipient with graft dysfunction, clinicians can choose among several imaging modalities, including ultrasonography, nuclear medicine studies, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. This review discusses t...

Treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease is a topic of increasing interest and controversy. However, anemia in the kidney transplant recipient has received relatively little attention in the literature despite the reported high prevalence of 30% to 40%. The pathogenesis of anemia among kidney transplant recipients is usually multifactorial, including compromised graft functio...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Transplant options for type I diabetics with end-stage renal disease include simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPKT), living donor kidney (LDKT), and deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT). It is unclear whether SPKT offers a survival benefit over LDKT in the current era of transplantation. The authors compared outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with type I diabetes...

evidences from many studies suggested a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) as a valuable method for diagnosing infectious disease in the transplant recipients. we used this method for detection of toxoplasma, gondii and human cytomegalovirus in blood specimens from patients after bone marrow or kidney transplantation. dna of both infectious agents were detected using two separate sets of nested pr...