Table 4 Summary of renal transplant patients with sporotrichosis (adapted from Gewehr et al. [7])
From: Sporotrichosis in renal transplant patients: two case reports and a review of the literature
Author, Year | Age, years/ Gender | Type of renal transplant | Clinical manifestations (time after transplant) | History of trauma | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gullberg et al. [4], 1987 | 50/male | Deceased donor | Arthritis, meningitis (four years) | Unknown | AMB-d | Alive |
Agarwal et al. [5], 1994 | 23/male | Living related donor | Pyelonephritis (nine months) | No | None | Death |
Rao et al. [8], 2002 | 49/female | Deceased donor | Nasopharyngeal mass (six months) | No | None | Death |
Caroti et al. [6], 2010 | 59/male | Unknown | Erythematous papular lesion on the left leg (unknown) | Yes | FLZ | Alive |
P Gewehr et al. [7], 2013 | 48/female | Deceased donor | Plaques and ulcers on the hand and ear (nine months) | Yes | AMB-L; ITZ | Alive |
53/male | Deceased and living unrelated donors | Arthritis, draining and necrotic subcutaneous nodules in the limbs and trunk (one month) | No | AMB-L; ITZ; FLZ | Alive | |
This study | 43/male | Living related donor | Non-healing ulcer - left arm (ten years) | Yes | ITZ | Alive |
54/male | Deceased donor | Pain and swelling – left wrist joint (fifteen years) | Unknown | ITZ | Alive | |
56/male | Deceased donor | Constitutional symptoms, seizures, fluctuating mental state (seventeen years) | Unknown | AMB-d; ITZ | Death |