Isolated renal mucormycosis in two AIDS patients

J Santos; P Espigado; C Romero; J Andreu; A Rivero; J A Pineda

doi:10.1007/BF01972004

Isolated renal mucormycosis in two AIDS patients

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1994 May;13(5):430-2. doi: 10.1007/BF01972004.

Authors

J Santos¹, P Espigado, C Romero, J Andreu, A Rivero, J A Pineda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Málaga, Spain.

PMID: 8070460
DOI: 10.1007/BF01972004

Abstract

Two cases of mucormycosis in patients with exclusively renal involvement and advanced HIV infection are reported. In both cases the clinical course was relatively benign; in one case a tendency towards regression with no specific treatment was observed, and in the other case the infection resolved after nephrectomy and antifungal therapy. Renal mucormycosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of diffuse renal enlargement in HIV-infected patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Hematologic Tests
Humans
Kidney Diseases / complications*
Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
Kidney Diseases / microbiology*
Kidney Diseases / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Mucorales / isolation & purification
Mucormycosis / complications*
Mucormycosis / diagnosis*
Mucormycosis / therapy
Nephrectomy
Rhizopus / isolation & purification
Tomography, X-Ray Computed