Pulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic renal transplant patient.
A 50-year-old male, diabetic, post transplant patient had recurrent pneumonia. The first episode responded well to antibiotics, while on the second occasion he had a necrotising pneumonia, which developed into a thick-walled cavity. Despite antibiotics, his condition rapidly deteriorated precluding bronchoscopy or percutaneous biopsy. Post-mortem lung biopsy revealed typical hyphae of mucormycosis.
Bhowmik
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Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Dinda
A K
AK
Khilnani
G C
GC
Mahajan
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Gupta
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Agarwal
S K
SK
Tiwari
S C
SC
Dash
S C
SC
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed