Parasitic infections in transplant recipients
Rashad S Barsoum
Correspondence Cairo Kidney Center, POB 91 Bab-El-Louk, Cairo 11513, Egypt
Email rbarsoum@msn.com
Parasites are an under-recognized cause of serious complications following organ and tissue transplantation. This comprehensive overview of the infectious species most commonly encountered in immunocompromised graft recipients—including protozoa, such as malaria and leishmania, and nematodes—aims to increase clinicians' index of suspicion when presented with pyrexial illness in this patient population. Routes of infection, key clinical characteristics, diagnostic techniques and treatments are discussed.
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