Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

V Viswanathan; V Kandasamy; Y N Reddy; Y N Reddy; A Kurien; M Mathew; G Abraham

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.103929

Late post transplant HIV infection with BK viremia and allograft tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient with Kaposi sarcoma

Indian J Nephrol. 2012 Sep;22(5):388-91. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.103929.

Authors

V Viswanathan¹, V Kandasamy, Y N Reddy, Y N Reddy, A Kurien, M Mathew, G Abraham

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine and Tanker Foundation, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India.

Abstract

In this report, we discuss a case of a 51-year-old African renal transplant who presented with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma 1 year after transplant. The Kaposi sarcoma was treated with a switch of immunosuppressants and chemotherapy. Six years after transplant, he presented with chronic allograft nephropathy, allograft tuberculosis, BK viremia, and was diagnosed to have contracted HIV infection.

Keywords: BK viremia; human immunodeficiency virus; kaposi sarcoma; kidney transplantation; sirolimus; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports