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
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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).
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