Isolated Renal Mucormycosis in Immunocompetent Hosts: Clinical Spectrum and Management Approach

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 791 - 797
• Main Authors: Devana, Sudheer K, Gupta, Vijayanth G, Mavuduru, Ravimohan S, Bora, Girdhar S, Sharma, Aditya P, Parmar, Kalpesh M, Kumar, Santosh, Mete, Uttam K, Singh, Shrawan K, Mandal, Arup K, Kakkar, Nandita, Banerjee, Nirmalya, Ghosh, Anup
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Institute of Tropical Medicine 01.01.2019; The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Case-Control Studies; Disease management; Female; Fungal infections; Humans; Immunocompetence; Immunology; Kidney - diagnostic imaging; Kidney - microbiology; Kidney - pathology; Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Kidney Diseases - microbiology; Kidneys; Male; Middle Aged; Mucormycosis - drug therapy; Mucormycosis - mortality; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Isolated renal mucormycosis in immunocompetent hosts is a rare entity. We present the largest case series of isolated renal mucormycosis in immunocompetent hosts. Retrospective data of isolated renal mucormycosis from March 2012 to June 2017 was reviewed. Fifteen patients of isolated renal mucormyco...