Transplantation is the ultimate therapy for end-stage kidney disease. Early graft dysfunction is a devastating event to patients and carries risk of graft loss. Medical causes of early graft loss include graft rejection, drug toxicity, and thrombotic microangiopathy. Here, we report a case of posttransplant thrombotic microangiopathy associated with cellular vascular rejection. Thymoglobulin successfully reversed vascular rejection and thrombotic microangiopathy associated with half dosing of calcineurin inhibitors.
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