@Article{Oleksik2022,
journal="Pediatria Polska - Polish Journal of Paediatrics",
issn="0031-3939",
volume="97",
number="3",
year="2022",
title="Mycophenolate mofetil-related colitis in a paediatric patient after kidney transplant",
abstract="Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressive agent, the gastrointestinal side effects of which include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and vomiting. MMF may also cause symptomatic colitis, although it is a rare condition. We present herein the case of a boy with chronic kidney disease, lasting since the neonatal period, and caused by WT1 gene mutation. The patient developed colitis during an immunosuppressive therapy applied after a kidney transplant. Histopathology of intestinal biopsy specimens revealed features of MMF-related colitis. A modification of the immunosuppressive treatment and the implementation of a nutritional programme to the patient resulted in the disappearance of clinical signs and helped in a gradual body weight gain.",
author="Oleksik, Natalia
and Głowinkowska, Monika
and Szczepańska, Maria
and Bąk-Drabik, Katarzyna
and Jarmużek, Wioletta",
pages="260--263",
doi="10.5114/polp.2022.120122",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/polp.2022.120122"
}