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 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.
Hsu
J
J
Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Clayman
J A
JA
Geha
A S
AS
D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D010800:Phycomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*