Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Questions and Answers

Pediatr Nephrol. 2015 Dec;30(12):2109-13. doi: 10.1007/s00467-014-2974-5. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Authors

Shahid Nadeem¹, Lakshmi Sukumaran², David A Siegel³, Stephanie M Jernigan⁴, Larry A Greenbaum⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport, 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA, 71130-3932, USA. snadee@lsuhsc.edu.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.

PMID: 25315178
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-2974-5

No abstract available

Keywords: Children; Fever of unknown origin; Interstitial lung disease; Kidney transplantation; Pancytopenia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Bone Marrow / microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever of Unknown Origin / diagnosis*
Fungemia / diagnosis
Fungemia / drug therapy
Fungemia / microbiology
Histoplasma / isolation & purification*
Histoplasmosis / diagnosis
Histoplasmosis / drug therapy
Histoplasmosis / microbiology*
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Kidney Transplantation*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / drug therapy
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / microbiology*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / drug therapy
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / microbiology*
Male
Pancytopenia / diagnosis
Pancytopenia / drug therapy
Pancytopenia / microbiology*
Transplant Recipients

Substances

Antifungal Agents
liposomal amphotericin B
Amphotericin B