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Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature.

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Pelletier, JH; Nagaraj, S; Gbadegesin, R; Wigfall, D; McGann, KA; Foreman, J
Published in: Pediatr Transplant
September 2017

NE (typhlitis) is a potentially life-threatening disease process characterized by bowel wall edema, ulceration, and hemorrhage in an immunosuppressed patient. We report a 15-year-old boy status post deceased donor renal transplantation who presented with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Laboratory studies revealed neutropenia 5 days prior to admission, and abdominal computed tomography revealed bowel wall thickening in the cecum consistent with NE. He was treated with piperacillin-tazobactam and gentamicin and recovered. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case of NE in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient.

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Pediatr Transplant

DOI

EISSN

1399-3046

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

21

Issue

6

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Enterocolitis, Neutropenic
  • Adolescent
  • 3213 Paediatrics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
 

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Pelletier, J. H., Nagaraj, S., Gbadegesin, R., Wigfall, D., McGann, K. A., & Foreman, J. (2017). Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant, 21(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13022
Pelletier, Jonathan H., Shashi Nagaraj, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Delbert Wigfall, Kathleen A. McGann, and John Foreman. “Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature.Pediatr Transplant 21, no. 6 (September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13022.
Pelletier JH, Nagaraj S, Gbadegesin R, Wigfall D, McGann KA, Foreman J. Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Sep;21(6).
Pelletier, Jonathan H., et al. “Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature.Pediatr Transplant, vol. 21, no. 6, Sept. 2017. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/petr.13022.
Pelletier JH, Nagaraj S, Gbadegesin R, Wigfall D, McGann KA, Foreman J. Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) in a pediatric renal transplant patient. A case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Sep;21(6).
Journal cover image

Published In

Pediatr Transplant

DOI

EISSN

1399-3046

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

21

Issue

6

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Enterocolitis, Neutropenic
  • Adolescent
  • 3213 Paediatrics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine