Successful use of cyclosporine in a lung transplant recipient with tacrolimus-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare, but well-described complication in organ transplant recipients maintained on cyclosporine immunosuppression . Tacrolimus is a newer agent with similar immunosuppressant efficacy. In c ases of cyclosporine-related HUS in renal transplant recipients, tacrolimus has been used successfully without recurrence of HUS.(1.2) Tacrolimus has been reported to cause HUS in renal and more recently in cardiac transplant patients.(3.4) We report a case of HUS in a lung transplant recipient rece iving tacrolimus who was subsequently converted to cyclosporine without rec urrence of HUS.