Renal fungal bezoar owing to Geotrichum candidum

Geotrichum candidum is yeast like fungi that cause infections in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of renal fungal ball with Geotrichum candidum in a 27 yr. old women post-partum. This case to our knowledge is the first case of renal fungal bezoar due to Geotrichum candidum reported in In...

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Autores principales: Yegneswaran Prakash, Peralam, Seetaramaiah, Venkatesh K, Thomas, Joseph, Khanna, Vinay, Rao, Sugandhi P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.08.001
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Sumario:Geotrichum candidum is yeast like fungi that cause infections in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of renal fungal ball with Geotrichum candidum in a 27 yr. old women post-partum. This case to our knowledge is the first case of renal fungal bezoar due to Geotrichum candidum reported in India.

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