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This is a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes of the uncommon infections in renal allograft recipients over 22 years during 2000\u20132022 from a tertiary care center in southern India; the clinical data were obtained from electronic medical records of nephrology and clinical microbiology departments. Institutional review board approved this study vide minute number 13641 dated 02.12.2020. A total of 1970 patients underwent renal transplantation at our institute, from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2022. During this period, five patients were diagnosed with mycobacterial infections, three of whom had NTM infections and two with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Mycobacterium leprae<\/jats:italic>\n                    infections. The patients were all diagnosed by isolating organism in blood and\/or pus cultures. All patients were similarly managed initially with a reduction of immunosuppressive drugs and appropriate antibiotics as per protocol. 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