Seeverens HJ, Tijhuis GJ, Ruijs GJ, Kazzaz BA, Kauffmann RH. Dialysis associated mucormycosis and desferrioxamine treatment: a case report with review of the role of oxygen radicals.
Neth J Med 1992;
41:275-9. [PMID:
1494406]
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Abstract
A hemodialysis patient with pulmonary and cerebral mucormycosis is reported. Recently the occurrence of this infection in dialysis patients has been associated with desferrioxamine (DFO) treatment. A causal relation seems likely, but has not been proved. Several pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed, in particular the influence of DFO on host neutrophil defenses through a decreased oxygen radical production.
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