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Isolated Renal Mucormycosis Simulating a Renal Neoplasm in a Patient With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Int J Surg Pathol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/106689699400200212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We report the case of a terminally ill patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who presented with a tender enlarged renal mass that simulated a renal neoplasm. A needle biopsy of the kidney revealed ischemic necrosis, vascular destruc tion, and fungal forms consistent with infection by the Zygomycetes family. Subse quently, autopsy confirmed this diagnosis and established that the kidney was the sole site of this fungal infection. Since fungal infections of the kidney simulating a renal tumor have not previously been described in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, this report expands the list of lesions produced by opportunistic infections arising in a setting of human immunodeficiency virus-induced immunosuppression. Int J Surg Pathol 2(2):163-168, 1994
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Pozo Laderas JC, Pontes Moreno A, Pozo Salido C, Robles Arista JC, Linares Sicilia MJ. [Disseminated mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients: A disease that also exists]. Rev Iberoam Micol 2014; 32:63-70. [PMID: 25543322 DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2014.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Revised: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mucormycosis is usually an acute angioinvasive infections, which leads to non-suppurative necrosis and significant tissue damage. It represents 1.6% of all the invasive fungal infections and predominates in immunosuppressed patients with risk factors. Incidence has been significantly increased even in immunocompetent patients. Due to finding a case of disseminated mucormycosis caused by Rhizomucor pusillus in a young immunocompetent patient, a systematic review was carried out of reported cases in PubMed of mucormycosis in immunocompetent adults according to the main anatomic locations, and especially in disseminated cases. A review of the main risk factors and pathogenicity, clinical manifestations, techniques of early diagnosis, current treatment options, and prognosis is presented. Taxonomy and classification of the genus Mucor has also been reviewed.
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- Juan Carlos Pozo Laderas
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España; Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, España; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en el Área temática de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Córdoba, España.
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- Servicio Urología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, España
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[Mixed invasive fungal infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus and Aspergillus niger in an immunocompetent patient]. Rev Iberoam Micol 2013; 32:46-50. [PMID: 23583263 DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 02/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mucormycosis infections are rare in immunocompetent patients, and very few cases of mucormycosis associated with aspergillosis in non-haematological patients have been reported. CASE REPORT A 17-year-old male, immunocompetent and without any previously known risk factors, was admitted to hospital due to a seizure episode 11 days after a motorcycle accident. He had a complicated clinical course as he had a mixed invasive fungal infection with pulmonary involvement due to Aspergillus niger and disseminated mucormycosis due to Rhizomucor pusillus (histopathological and microbiological diagnosis in several non-contiguous sites). He was treated with liposomal amphotericin B for 7 weeks (total cumulative dose >10 g) and required several surgical operations. The patient survived and was discharged from ICU after 5 months and multiple complications. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and aggressive surgical management achieved the eradication of a mixed invasive fungal infection. However, we emphasise the need to maintain a higher level of clinical suspicion and to perform microbiological techniques for early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in non-immunocompromised patients, in order to prevent spread of the disease and the poor prognosis associated with it.
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Dalal P. An unusual cause of renal failure: Disseminated mucormycosis. J Nephropathol 2012; 1:188-9. [PMID: 24475414 DOI: 10.5812/nephropathol.8121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Pranav Dalal
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO,USA
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Chipde SS, Ranjan P, Lal H, Singh V, Naval R, Marak RS, Prakash A, Bhadoria D, Sharma R, Kapoor R, Pradhan MR, Singh M, Kumar J, Ansari MS, Mandhani A, Srivastava A, Kapoor R. Isolated Renal Zygomycosis: Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Criteria with Experience of a Tertiary Care Center. Urol Int 2012; 88:282-8. [DOI: 10.1159/000335015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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De Yao JT, Al-Ameri A, Garcia-Manero G, Quintás-Cardama A. Infrequent presentations of mucormycosis in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute leukemia: case series and review of literature. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2011; 11:446-51. [PMID: 21820986 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2011.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Jocelyn T De Yao
- Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Ranjan P, Naval R, Singh R, Gupta RK, Kapoor R, Sharma RK. Emerging role of radiological criteria for antemortem diagnosis of renal zygomycosis: an uncommon cause of acute renal failure. NDT Plus 2011; 4:335-8. [PMID: 25984182 PMCID: PMC4421735 DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Priyadarshi Ranjan
- Department of Urology and kidney Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Hospital Administration, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology and kidney Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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Gupta K, Nada R, Joshi K, Rohilla M, Walia R. Can Ascending Infection from Bladder Serve as the Portal of Entry for Primary Renal Zygomycosis? Mycopathologia 2010; 170:357-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9329-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Skin mucormycosis presenting as an erythema-nodosum-like rash in a renal transplant recipient: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2008; 2:112. [PMID: 18423044 PMCID: PMC2365968 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Introduction Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare entity related to kidney transplantation. It usually presents with ecthyma-like lesions and black necrotic cellulitis. We report an unusual case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis presenting as erythema-nodosum-like lesions in a woman who had received a renal transplant. Case presentation A 49-year-old woman with diabetes received a living-unrelated kidney transplant. Her clinical course was uneventful for the first six months after transplantation. She then developed multiple, painful, erythema-nodosum-like lesions on her right leg and thigh following an episode of minor trauma. Mucormycosis was diagnosed by skin biopsy. Microscopic examination also showed panniculitis. The patient was treated successfully with amphotericin B and surgical resection. To our knowledge, this is the first description of primary cutaneous mucormycosis with erythema-nodosum-like lesions and panniculitis after renal transplantation. Conclusion Cutaneous mucormycosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a kidney transplant recipient develops erythema-nodosum-like lesions with panniculitis.
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Successful treatment of mucormycosis in a renal allograft recipient. Clin Exp Nephrol 2008; 12:207-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s10157-008-0028-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Paranasal Mucormycosis in a Patient With AIDS Presenting as a Palatal Mass. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2006. [DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000203895.77101.b2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gupta KL, Joshi K, Sud K, Kohli HS, Jha V, Radotra BD, Sakhuja V. Renal zygomycosis: an under-diagnosed cause of acute renal failure. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1999; 14:2720-5. [PMID: 10534520 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.11.2720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Invasive zygomycosis (mucormycosis) occurs predominantly in immunocompromised patients in whom it carries a grave prognosis. While renal involvement is not so uncommon in disseminated infection, isolated renal zygomycosis is rare. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty-five patients with systemic zygomycosis were seen over a 12-year period from January 1986 to December 1997. Among these, 18 had renal involvement, nine with disseminated disease and nine with isolated renal zygomycosis. No underlying predisposing disease was identified in the majority of patients (72%). Renal involvement was confirmed at autopsy in 13 and by ante-mortem renal biopsy in five patients. The infection involved one kidney in five patients and was bilateral in the remaining. The manifestations included fever, flank pain, haematuria and pyuria with evidence of enlarged non-functioning kidneys on computerised tomography (CT). Of those with bilateral disease, 12 (92.3%) had anuric acute renal failure. Anti-fungal therapy was given to six patients (amphotericin B in mean total dose of 1.1 g) and of these only two with unilateral disease who also underwent nephrectomy survived while all the other 16 died. CONCLUSION This study shows that renal zygomycosis has emerged as a cause of acute renal failure in the last decade since no patient with renal involvement was identified at our centre prior to 1986 even though autopsies have been done regularly in patients dying of unknown causes. Bilateral renal zygomycosis should be suspected in any patient who presents with haematuria, flank pain and otherwise unexplained anuric renal failure. Characteristic CT findings and an early renal biopsy can confirm the diagnosis and help in effective management of this serious disease.
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- K L Gupta
- Departments of Nephrology and Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education, and Research, Chandigarh, India
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We report an acute myelogenous leukemia patient with mucormycosis who died of massive hemoptysis during antifungal therapy. The diagnosis was made postmortem and autopsy revealed that the pulmonary nodule consisting of mucorales protruded over the luminal surface of the aorta. Microscopic examination showed the invasion of mucor hyphae into the wall of the aortic arch. Surgical treatment may be indicated for patients with pulmonary mucormycosis refractory to amphotericin B therapy.
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- A Kitabayashi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Senboku Kumiai General Hospital, Akita, Japan
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Mathews MS, Raman A, Nair A. Nosocomial zygomycotic post-surgical necrotizing fasciitis in a healthy adult caused by Apophysomyces elegans in south India. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MYCOLOGY : BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL MYCOLOGY 1997; 35:61-3. [PMID: 9061588 DOI: 10.1080/02681219780000891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Necrotizing fasciitis caused by the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans of the anterior abdominal wall of a young healthy woman following a lower segment caesarean section is reported. Early clinical diagnosis and laboratory identification followed by appropriate management involving extensive tissue debridement and adequate doses of amphotericin B were eventually successful in controlling the infection and saving her life.
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- M S Mathews
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, south India
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Otcenásek M, Buchta V. In vitro susceptibility to 9 antifungal agents of 14 strains of Zygomycetes isolated from clinical specimens. Mycopathologia 1994; 128:135-7. [PMID: 7739727 DOI: 10.1007/bf01138473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fourteen clinical isolates of Zygomycetes were tested for their in vitro susceptibility to nine antifungal agents. Susceptibility assessment was performed using a microtiter broth dilution method. Synthetic broth with YNB and glucose was used for 5-fluorocytosine and BHI broth for all the other antimycotics. Amphotericin B exhibited the strongest activity against all isolates tested. MIC values of other two polyenes--nystatin and pimaricin--ranged within the susceptibility limits, with a little pronounced higher activity of pimaricin. The isolates of the genus Absidia and Syncephalastrum were well sensitive to all antimycotics with the exception of 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine. A very weak or zero growth inhibitory effect against all members of the genera Mucor and Rhizopus was found in azoles, 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine.
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- M Otcenásek
- Institute of Experimental Biopharmaceutics, Joint Research Center of PRO.MED.CS Praha, Czech Republic
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Chugh KS, Sakhuja V, Gupta KL, Jha V, Chakravarty A, Malik N, Kathuria P, Pahwa N, Kalra OP. Renal mucormycosis: computerized tomographic findings and their diagnostic significance. Am J Kidney Dis 1993; 22:393-7. [PMID: 8372834 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)70141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Isolated renal involvement by mucormycosis has been reported rarely in immunocompromised individuals. We describe four patients with mucormycosis confined to the kidneys, three of whom did not exhibit any predisposing factors. Only one patient had acute viral hepatitis with fulminant hepatic failure as the preceding disease. Two patients presented with oliguric renal failure of undetermined etiology and investigations revealed bilateral extensive involvement of the kidneys. Computerized tomography showed diffuse enlargement of the kidneys and multiple low-density areas. Treatment included systemic amphotericin B therapy in all four patients and nephrectomy in three patients. Two patients recovered completely. Our experience emphasizes the need for a high index of suspicion and recognition of computed tomographic scan appearances for making a prompt diagnosis. Early surgical intervention and systemic antifungal therapy are necessary for survival in this life-threatening condition.
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- K S Chugh
- Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Lakshmi V, Rani TS, Sharma S, Mohan VS, Sundaram C, Rao RR, Satyanarayana G. Zygomycotic necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces elegans. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:1368-9. [PMID: 8501244 PMCID: PMC262941 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1368-1369.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A case of necrotizing fasciitis of the anterior abdominal wall caused by the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans in a healthy male following inguinal herniorrhaphy is reported. The portal of entry of the fungus into the incised skin and subcutaneous tissues was probably through either contaminated surgical sutures or postoperative surgical dressings. Broad, aseptate fungal hyphae were seen in the necrosed tissues with an associated necrotizing vasculitis. Extensive tissue debridements and a low dose of amphotericin B were not successful in controlling the rapid invasion of the tissues by the fungus.
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- V Lakshmi
- Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Majid AA, Yii NW. Granulomatous pulmonary zygomycosis in a patient without underlying illness. Computed tomographic appearances and treatment by pneumonectomy. Chest 1991; 100:560-1. [PMID: 1864139 DOI: 10.1378/chest.100.2.560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Pulmonary zygomycosis rarely occurs in the absence of underlying disease. We report a patient with granulomatous pulmonary zygomycosis without underlying disease who presented with a pulmonary mass. We present the computed tomographic findings that we believe have not been described previously. We also report the successful treatment by pneumonectomy.
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- A A Majid
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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Fermanis GG, Matar KS, Steele R. Endobronchial zygomycosis. THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1991; 61:391-3. [PMID: 2025195 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Pulmonary zygomycosis is an uncommon opportunistic fungal infection. Diabetics have a tendency to develop major airway lesions. This can lead to invasion of the airway wall and hilar vessels with infarction and severe haemoptysis. Aggressive early surgery appears to offer the best chance of recovery.
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- G G Fermanis
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia
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Severo LC, Job F, Mattos TC. Systemic zygomycosis: nosocomial infection by Rhizomucor pusillus. Mycopathologia 1991; 113:79-80. [PMID: 2034262 DOI: 10.1007/bf00442413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- L C Severo
- Serviço de Micologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Gupta KL, Radotra BD, Sakhuja V, Banerjee AK, Chugh KS. Mucormycosis in patients with renal failure. Ren Fail 1989; 11:195-9. [PMID: 2485482 DOI: 10.3109/08860228909054931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Nine fatal cases of systemic mucormycosis observed in association with renal failure are described. Four patients were hospitalized for chronic renal failure as a consequence of chronic glomerulonephritis, myeloma kidney, chronic pyelonephritis, and polycystic kidney disease, respectively; and five patients presented with acute renal failure. The underlying causes in three of these five patients were gentamycin nephrotoxicity, acute gastroenteritis, and allograft rejection, respectively, and in the remaining two, acute renal failure was the result of extensive renal vascular and parenchymal invasion by mucor hyphae. Tissue invasion with mucormycosis was documented during life in two patients and at autopsy in seven patients. The infection was disseminated in five patients, and isolated pulmonary and rhinocerebral involvement occurred in two patients each. Our observations have shown that patients with renal failure are prone to develop mucormycosis, which carries a grave prognosis if therapy is not instituted in time.
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- K L Gupta
- Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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A 56-year-old man developed mucormycotic meningitis caused by Absidia corymbifera and which followed a penetrating head injury. Antibodies to it were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid at titres higher than those found in the serum, thereby suggesting local production of antibody in the subarachnoid space.
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- D W Mackenzie
- Department of Microbiology, Queens University, Belfast, U.K
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- E W Benbow
- Department of Pathology, University of Manchester
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Gupta KL, Joshi K, Pereira BJ, Singh K. Disseminated mucormycosis presenting with acute renal failure. Postgrad Med J 1987; 63:297-9. [PMID: 3684839 PMCID: PMC2428139 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.63.738.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An unusual presentation of disseminated mucormycosis as acute renal failure in a patient without any predisposing condition, is reported. The diagnosis was established at autopsy.
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- K L Gupta
- Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Benbow EW, McMahon RF. Myocardial infarction caused by cardiac disease in disseminated zygomycosis. J Clin Pathol 1987; 40:70-4. [PMID: 3818973 PMCID: PMC1140831 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.1.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A case of disseminated zygomycosis is described, in which myocardial infarction rather than coincident coronary or heart disease was seen at necropsy. As zygomycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, which tends to invade blood vessels, thereby causing thrombosis and infarction, it is surprising that cardiac disease is unusual and that premortem evidence of such disease has only rarely been reported.
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