Adverse events following transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma and factors predicting such events.

Objective: To document the adverse events after transarterial chemoembolisation and factors predicting such events.

Methods: The prospective observational study was conducted at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, from November 2009 to November 2011. All patients diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma were included in this study.

Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a live related renal transplant recipient.

Rhodococcus equi has emerged as a serious pathogen in immunocompromised patients, including solid organ transplant recipients. Primary pulmonary involvement is the most common presentation. However, this opportunistic pathogen is often not considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in transplant recipients.