Rheumatology: Current Research
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Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr Kallam K major focus is on Medicine. He is involved in both clinical and basic science research in these areas. His publications in the Medicine literature reflect his special interest in minimally invasive surgeries and shoulder arthroplasty.

Publications

• Case Report   
  The First Reported Case of Trichosporon asahii in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  Author(s): Albaadani A*, Kallam K and Albarrag A
  
  Background: Trichosporonosis is an emerging invasive opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. Case presentation: We report an unusual clinical presentation of a rare invasive fungal infection secondary to Trichosporon asahii in a 26-year-old female. This was initially a known case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The patient presented with abdominal pain and distension secondary to bowel perforation. She was admitted for urgent sigmoid resection and colostomy. The surgical histopathology reported excessive infiltration of fungal elements but was inconclusive. The patient was started on ambisome; PCR then showed Trichosporon species and later the blood culture grew yeast for which caspofungin was added. However, the final identification was that of Trichosporon asahii.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-1149.19.9.253

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