CMV-associated collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after kidney transplant in a pediatric patient.

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant cause of morbidity among immunocompromised patients who have undergone kidney transplantation and is known to rarely induce collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) among adults.

Methods: We present the first reported case of CMV-induced collapsing FSGS in a pediatric patient after kidney transplant.

Results: Our patient underwent a deceased donor kidney transplant due to end-stage renal disease secondary to lupus nephritis.

Subacute Aerococcus urinae Infective Endocarditis With Mycotic Aneurysms in a Pediatric Patient: Case Report and Literature Review.

Aerococcus urinae has been found to cause urinary tract infection in elderly patients and has been reported as a rare cause of infective endocarditis associated with significant morbidity and death in adults. However, information regarding its occurrence in children is lacking. We report here the case of a pediatric patient with subacute A urinae infective endocarditis with mycotic aneurysms.

Prevalence of coronary artery lesions on the initial echocardiogram in Kawasaki syndrome.

Objectives: To determine whether coronary artery lesions (ectasia and aneurysm) are commonly observed on the initial echocardiogram of patients with acute Kawasaki syndrome, whether coronary artery ectasia and/or aneurysms occur more frequently in patients with incomplete Kawasaki syndrome than in those patients with complete findings, and whether earlier diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki syndrome are associated with less frequent occurrence of coronary artery ectasia and/or aneurysm.

Design: A retrospective medical record review.

Setting: A tertiary care pediatric hospital.