An Immune Reconstitution Syndrome-Like Illness Associated withCryptococcus neoformans Infection in Organ Transplant Recipients
Clinical Infectious Diseases2005Vol. 40(12), pp. 1756–1761
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Nikhil Singh, Olivier Lortholary, Barbara D. Alexander, K. L. Gupta, George John, Kenneth Pursell, P. Munoz, Göran B. Klintmalm, Valentina Stosor, Ramon Del Busto, A.P. Limaye, Jyoti Somani, Marshall Lyon, Sally Houston, Andrew A. House, Timothy L. Pruett, Susan L. Orloff, Abhinav Humar, Lorraine Dowdy, Julia Garcia‐Diaz, André C. Kalil, Robert A. Fisher, Shahid Husain, Cryptococcal Collaborative Transplant Study Group
Abstract
This study demonstrated that an IRS-like entity occurs in organ transplant recipients with C. neoformans infection. Furthermore, this entity may be misconstrued as a failure of therapy. Immunomodulatory agents may have a role as adjunctive therapy in such cases.
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