Miliary Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis associated with invasive aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient.
Andrade Sierra Jorge, Carvallo-Venegas Mauricio, Andrade-Ortega Antonio de Jesús, Andrade-Ortega Jorge, Cerrillos-Gutiérrez José Ignacio, Aguilar-Fletes Laura Elizabeth, Briseño-Hernández Andres Alejandro, Carrasco-Carrizosa Aldo
BMC nephrology · 2025-05
Abstract
Infections in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) carry great risk of morbidity-mortality, and the risk of graft loss. Concomitant infections, although common in immunosuppressed patients, should be highly suspected. The present case involves a RTR with opportunistic pulmonary co-infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb), Mycobacterium smegmatis (MSm), and Aspergillus spp. While MSm can be a colonizing microorganism, we demonstrate that it can also be pathogenic.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Aspergillosis
- Coinfection
- Kidney Transplantation
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Miliary