Survival of a recipient of renal transplantation after pulmonary phycomycosis

A 48-year-old nondiabetic man maintained on prednisone, azathioprine, and cyclosporine after cadaveric renal transplantation developed multiple unilateral phycomycotic pulmonary abscesses. Despite treatment with amphotericin B the patient remained febrile. Surgical resection of these pulmonary absce...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1989-04, Vol.47 (4), p.617-619
Hauptverfasser:	Hsu, Jack, Clayman, Julie A., Geha, Alexander S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Humans Kidney Transplantation Lung Diseases, Fungal - etiology Lung Diseases, Fungal - surgery Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mucormycosis - etiology Mucormycosis - surgery Opportunistic Infections - surgery Phycomyces - isolation & purification Postoperative Complications - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the urinary system
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Zusammenfassung:	A 48-year-old nondiabetic man maintained on prednisone, azathioprine, and cyclosporine after cadaveric renal transplantation developed multiple unilateral phycomycotic pulmonary abscesses. Despite treatment with amphotericin B the patient remained febrile. Surgical resection of these pulmonary abscesses was performed and the patient remains free of disease 1 year after operation. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first reported case of pulmonary phycomycosis in a recipient of renal transplantation without diabetes mellitus.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(89)90448-7