Chronic diarrhea due to duodenal candidiasis in a patient with a history of kidney transplantation.

Candida infection in the small intestine is uncommon. We report an unusual case of duodenal candidiasis that presented as chronic diarrhea in a patient who had previously undergone kidney transplantation. A 60-year-old man presented with profuse watery diarrhea that had lasted 6 months 13 years after kidney transplantation.

The effect of adjuvant H1N1 influenza vaccine on allograft kidney function.

Introduction: Administration of the adjuvant influenza vaccine has been suspected to increase the risk of allograft rejection; however, not much is known about the effect of adjuvant H1N1 vaccination on allograft kidney function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adjuvant H1N1 vaccine on allograft kidney function.

Methods: A total of 78 stable kidney transplant recipients were enrolled in the study.

A workshop on urinalysis and a survey on urine microscopy among kidney centers of Iran.

Urinalysis is a mandatory diagnostic tool for the evaluation of patients with kidney diseases. A workshop on urinalysis was held for nephrologists in Isfahan, Iran, on October 11-12, 2012. After the presentation of the results of a survey of the nephrology centers of Iran on urine microscopy, the most important aspects of urinalysis were presented and discussed.

Two decades of experience in mucormycosis after kidney transplantation.

Background: Invasive mucormycosis is a very rare infection after kidney transplantation. Here, we report 25 renal transplant recipients with mucormycosis; to our knowledge, this is the largest reported population of mucormycosis in these patients.

Material/methods: In a retrospective study, we collected all kidney transplants with mucormycosis from 9 Transplant Centers of Iran from 1990 to 2010.

Epidemiology of culture-negative peritonitis in Iranian patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Introduction: Culture-negative peritonitis is a major challenge in the treatment of peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). This study aimed to evaluate the culture-negative peritonitis in patients from the Iranian CAPD Registry.

Materials And Methods: Data of 1472 patients from 26 CAPD centers were analysed.