Unilateral leg pain caused by cryptococcal myositis: An unusual presentation of disseminated cryptococcosis in a kidney transplant recipient
Lier AJ, Virmani S, Ilagan‐Ying Y, Leelatian N, Darbinyan A, Malinis M. Unilateral leg pain caused by cryptococcal myositis: An unusual presentation of disseminated cryptococcosis in a kidney transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 23: e13491. PMID: 33040432, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13491.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsUnilateral leg painKidney transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsCryptococcal infectionLeg painFemale kidney transplant recipientSolid organ transplant recipientsPrevious graft failureHypoxemic respiratory failureMulti-organ failureOrgan transplant recipientsDisseminated cryptococcal infectionPneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniaShortness of breathLiposomal amphotericin BGround-glass opacitiesCryptococcal myositisDisseminated cryptococcosisCryptococcal meningitisRespiratory failureAggressive managementGraft failureJirovecii pneumoniaOverall survivalSeptic shock