Fungal infections after renal transplantation

Fungal infections occurred in 3 of 22 renal transplants (13.6%). Two patients developed rhinocerebral phycomycosis, and Rhizopus arrhizus was isolated from cultures of the nasal conchae. Both patients were treated with systemic amphotericin B. Three-and-a-half months after transplantation the third...

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Published inIsrael journal of medical sciences Vol. 12; no. 7; p. 674
Main Authors Braf, Z F, Altmann, G, Ostfeld, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Israel 01.07.1976
Subjects
Adult
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Aspergillus - isolation & purification
Female
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Mycoses - complications
Mycoses - drug therapy
Mycoses - etiology
Rhizopus - isolation & purification
Transplantation, Homologous
Ureteral Obstruction - etiology
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Summary:Fungal infections occurred in 3 of 22 renal transplants (13.6%). Two patients developed rhinocerebral phycomycosis, and Rhizopus arrhizus was isolated from cultures of the nasal conchae. Both patients were treated with systemic amphotericin B. Three-and-a-half months after transplantation the third patient developed an acute ureteral obstruction secondary to infection with Aspergillus nidulans; this necessitated removal of the graft. There was no immediate mortality associated with these fungal infections but there was immediate loss of the grafts in the two patients.
ISSN:0021-2180