Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child

Isolated renal mucormycosis (IRM) in an immunocompetent child is extremely rare condition and carries a grave prognosis. We report an 18-month-old child with IRM who was managed successfully with amphotericin B and nephrectomy.

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Autores principales: Nayagam, L. S., Vijayanand, B., Balasubramanian, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249725
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133015
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spelling pubmed-41650602014-09-23 Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child Nayagam, L. S. Vijayanand, B. Balasubramanian, S. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Isolated renal mucormycosis (IRM) in an immunocompetent child is extremely rare condition and carries a grave prognosis. We report an 18-month-old child with IRM who was managed successfully with amphotericin B and nephrectomy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4165060/ /pubmed/25249725 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133015 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nayagam, L. S.
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Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
title Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
title_full Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
title_fullStr Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
title_full_unstemmed Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
title_short Isolated renal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249725
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133015
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