Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Patient with Chronic Rejection of Kidney Transplant: A Case Report

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare but fatal condition that frequently occurs in immunocompromised patients. Correct diagnosis and rapid start of preferred antifungal treatment need clinical suspicion. Patient’s symptoms may be confluent with other conditions such as bacterial and other fungal infecti...

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Autores principales: Talebi-Taher, Mahshid, Alavi Niakou, Seyedeh Nina, Javad-Mousavi, Seied Ali, Vaziri, Mohammad, Iranpour, Aida, Dehghani, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528370
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Sumario:Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare but fatal condition that frequently occurs in immunocompromised patients. Correct diagnosis and rapid start of preferred antifungal treatment need clinical suspicion. Patient’s symptoms may be confluent with other conditions such as bacterial and other fungal infections. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with end stage renal disease successfully treated with a long course of amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB) and upper lobectomy of the left lung despite of low pulmonary capacity.

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