Renal aspergillosis and AIDS.
Primary renal aspergillosis is an extremely rare entity. Only 19 cases have been reported, 3 of them in patients with AIDS. We report one new case of renal aspergillosis in a patient with AIDS. His disease pattern was multiple bilateral renal abscesses with a normal excretory pathway. The treatment established was percutaneous drainage and systemic antifungal drugs. He had a bad evolution and died 14 weeks after diagnosis. In the previously reported cases of aspergillosis in patients with AIDS, the manifestation was unilateral renal abscess.
Martinez-Jabaloyas
J
J
Department of Urology, La Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
Osca
J M
JM
Ruiz
J L
JL
Beamud
A
A
Blanes
M
M
Jimenez-Cruz
J F
JF
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography