title: [Fungus-ball in a preterm infant successfully treated with fluconazole].
abstract: Very-low-birth-weight premature infants are at high risk for invasive candidiasis. The most commonly involved organ is the kidney. Renal candidiasis may present as fungus-ball obstructive uropathy. We describe unilateral renal obstruction secondary to fungus-ball in a premature infant. Noninvasive, systemic antibiotic treatment, including amphotericin B and fluconazole, resulted in disappearance of the finding.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion, Haifa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hershman-Sarafov
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tubi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Srugo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bader
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole