Management of an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant with Bilateral Renal Obstruction Caused by Candida albicans Fungus Balls

We report an extremely low birth weight infant with anuria caused by bilateral Candida albicans fungus balls it was treated with a combination of antifungal therapy, irrigation and pyelotomy. This lead to a recovery of renal function, after a follow-up of 77 month no more Candida was cultured from u...

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Autores principales: Brüning, Fabian, Hegele, Axel, Klaus, Günter, Maier, Rolf F., Hofmann, Rainer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3684734
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Sumario:We report an extremely low birth weight infant with anuria caused by bilateral Candida albicans fungus balls it was treated with a combination of antifungal therapy, irrigation and pyelotomy. This lead to a recovery of renal function, after a follow-up of 77 month no more Candida was cultured from urine.

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