Cryptococcus albidus and mucormycosis empyema in a patient receiving hemodialysis.
C albidus and mucormycosis were cultured simultaneously from the pleural space of a patient with end-stage renal disease receiving long-term hemodialysis. There have been only nine previous reports of infection with C albidus, with only one involving the lung. This organism has never before been isolated from the pleural space, and none of the previously reported cases included a coinfection with mucormycosis. We have reviewed and compared all known cases of infection with C albidus.
Horowitz
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Blumberg
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D000666:Amphotericin B