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  Renal transplant patients remain at risk of graft loss due toacute rejection, calcineurin inhibitor toxicity and chronicallograft nephropathy. Less frequent causes include opportunisticinfections related to immunosuppressive therapy. However, infectionsare a major clinical issue in the field of renal transplantation,impacting on graft and patient survival. Fungal infections accountfor about 5% of infections in renal transplant recipients [1].Candida species are the most common fungal pathogen, and themost common forms of infection are oral and esophageal candidiases,vascular access device-related and urinary tract infections[2]. The incidence of candidiasis of the renal allograft israre and not very well documented.   A 50-year-old white female with a prior medical history of hypertension,

A rare case of acute renal failure due to massive renal allograft infiltration with Candida glabrata.
Authors:Nadia Wasi  Venkata Reddivari  Luis Salinas-Madrigal  Paul Garvin  Bahar Bastani
Affiliation:Division of Nephrology, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Abstract:
  Introduction  Case report
Keywords:acute renal failure   alemtuzumab   candida glabrata   renal transplantation   urinary tract infection
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