Bronchial Asthma Developing after 15 Years of Immunosuppressive Treatment Following Renal Transplantation

Hidehiro Watanabe; Tomonori Uruma; Tokuro Tsunoda; Hiroshi Ishii; Gen Tazaki; Tetsuri Kondo

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7575

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Bronchial Asthma Developing after 15 Years of Immunosuppressive Treatment Following Renal Transplantation

Hidehiro Watanabe, Tomonori Uruma, Tokuro Tsunoda, Hiroshi Ishii, Gen Tazaki, Tetsuri Kondo

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Keywords: bronchial asthma, immunosuppressive treatment, renal transplantation

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2012 Volume 51 Issue 21 Pages 3057-3060

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7575

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Abstract

A 42-year-old woman who underwent renal transplantation from her mother at the age of 26 due to IgA nephropathy had since been treated with immunosuppressive agents, including prednisolone (PSL), azathioprine (AZA) and cyclosporine (CsA). The patient had remained clinically stable for 15 years. However, in the middle of May 2010, she developed bronchial asthma for the first time after performing house-cleaning activities and was treated with corticosteroids and antiasthmatic agents. The use of immunosuppressive agents as a treatment for severe bronchial asthma might have been related to the manifestation of bronchial asthma in this case.

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