Sepsis in Immunocompromised Host and a Hematologic Complication.

Korzhuk, Anatoliy; Kovalenko, Iulia; Rajak, Kripa; Cuevas, Martin; Golubykh, Konstantin; Sangillo, Michaela; Toom, Sudhamshi; Ramesh, Navitha · Chest · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 43-year-old Puerto Rican man with a kidney transplant presented to the ED with 2 weeks of flu-like symptoms, nausea, and vomiting. He had plasma exchange therapy 2 months before for acute transplant rejection and has been tolerating a heightened immunosuppressive regimen. CT scans characterized opacities as possibly early tree-in-bud opacities (Fig 1A). Patient remained stable throughout hospital stay with an unremarkable workup and was discharged with doxycycline for nonspecific pneumonia.

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