Zygomycosis (absidiomycosis) in an AIDS patient. Absidiomycosis in AIDS.
Absidia corymbifera is rarely cited as a cause of zygomycosis in the human host. Presented here is a case of absidiomycosis in a 29 year old construction worker hospitalized with a 6 year of intravenous drug abuse, serological evidence for HIV infection, and the symptomatology of AIDS. A CT scan and gallium uptake imaging identified a nonfunctioning right kidney. Following a biopsy and a nephrectomy, histopathology revealed hyphal components consistent with zygomycosis. Culture of the biopsy and surgical specimens yielded A. corymbifera. Clinically the patient responded well to amphotericin B therapy.
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Program in Medical Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Bustamante
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Gilmor
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*