title: Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Patient with Chronic Rejection of Kidney Transplant: A Case Report.
abstract: Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare but fatal condition that frequently occurs in immunocompromised patients. Correct diagnosis and rapid start of preferred antifungal treatment need clinical suspicion. Patient's symptoms may be confluent with other conditions such as bacterial and other fungal infections. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with end stage renal disease successfully treated with a long course of amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB) and upper lobectomy of the left lung despite of low pulmonary capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahshid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talebi-Taher
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyedeh Nina
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Alavi Niakou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seied Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Javad-Mousavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaziri
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iranpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Rasoul-e-Akram General Teaching Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dehghani
keywords: Amphotericin B; Chronic; Kidney Transplantation; Mucormycosis