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TID - Clinicopathologic Conference Series

12277.1 - Acute Fever Early after Kidney Transplant: A Call from the Tropics

Presenter: Rehna Kakkidi Rahman, Ban Hock Tan, Daniel Wagner Santos, Sadid Khan, , ,
Authors: Rehna Kakkidi Rahman, Ban Hock Tan, Daniel Wagner Santos, Sadid Khan, Siriorn Watcharananan, Wanessa Trindade Clemente


Overview

The CPC will include case presentation of a young patient from India with acute fever within 5 days post kidney transplantation Differential diagnosis of fever in the tropics will be given. Approach to screening, warning signs and management of the infection will be discussed.

Learning Objectives

  1. To provide the differential diagnosis and diagnostic approach of fever in a transplant individual who resides or travels from the tropical and subtropical area
  2. To illustrate the incidence, clinical manifestation and outcome of the infection in transplant population from different geographic area
  3. To discuss the donor screening protocol, timing of the screening and the preventive strategy in order to reduce morbidity and mortality from the infection
Organized in collaboration with the TID Official Journal

Participants


Siriorn Watcharananan, Thailand
Chair and Co-moderator
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Wanessa Trindade Clemente, Brazil
Chair and Co-moderator
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Rehna Kakkidi Rahman, India
Case Presenter
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Ban Hock Tan, Singapore
Discussant
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Daniel Wagner Santos, Brazil
Discussant
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Sadid Khan, Australia
Discussant
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