Authors: Vivek B Kute Mohan P Patel Sachin B Patil Pankaj R Shah Aruna V Vanikar Manoj R Gumber Himanshu V Patel Jigar D Shrimali Hargovind L Trivedi
Publish Date: 2012/05/01
Volume: 45, Issue: 5, Pages: 1517-1521
Abstract
A 42yearold renal transplant recipient was admitted with fever anorexia malaise nonproductive cough and dyspnea of 1week duration Multiple cultures of blood sputum and urine were negative The possibility of bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia BOOP was considered when pulmonary infiltrate did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy Highresolution computed tomography of the chest revealed patchy airspace consolidation and groundglass opacities predominantly located in the periphery of the lungs Cultures and stains of bronchoalveolar lavage specimen and bronchoscopic biopsy of lung tissue were negative for organisms such as Pneumocystis carinii jiroveci bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis cytomegalovirus fungi and atypical germs and showed evidence of BOOP The patient recovered completely after treatment with steroids
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