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Rev Mex Traspl 2025; 14 (2)

Emphysematous pyelonephritis and orchioepididymitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient

Gutiérrez-Hernández JJ, Covarrubias-Castellón C, Parra-Michel R, Soto-Vargas J, Fuentes-Ramírez F, Cortés-Montenegro KI, Martínez-Ortiz SE, Bonifacio-Espinoza H, Romero-Tafoya JO, Juárez-Flores DA, Gallardo-Rodríguez ME, Rosales-Torres BG, Ramos-Mares CJ, Reyes-Martínez DM, Niz-Hernández P, Barbarin-Sosa JA, Villanueva-Macedo R, Morales-Guillen ML, Montemayor-Villacobos MG, Ríos-Ríos FV

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 88-91
PDF size: 307.07 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The case of a patient with pyelonephritis secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is presented, a renal transplant recipient who was given conservative treatment successfully, with subsequent recovery of the graft.


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