Deafness and blindness in a renal transplant recipient with cryptococcal meningitis

Abstract EN

Infections are a major determinant of outcome in kidney transplantation.

Opportunistic pathogens are common in kidney recipients and several organs can be affected.

Central nervous system infection in transplant recipients is a medical emergency.

There is limited information in the literature concerning post-transplantation cryptococcal infection.

Deafness and blindness are not classic findings.

We report a case of meningocerebral cryptococcosis complicated by deafness and blindness after kidney transplantation.

Physicians need to consider the possibility of Cryptococcus neoformans when symptoms persist despite empiric antimicrobial therapy.