Document 0760
 DOCN  M9460760
 TI    Renal infection due to Absidia corymbifera in an AIDS patient.
 DT    9404
 AU    Torres-Rodriguez JM; Lowinger M; Corominas JM; Madrenys N; Saballs P;
       Laboratory of Mycology, Autonomous University of Barcelona,; Spain.
 SO    Mycoses. 1993 Jul-Aug;36(7-8):255-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94158953
 AB    A case of renal zygomycosis due to Absidia corymbifera in an heroin
       addict suffering from AIDS (phase IV C2) is described. Diagnosis was by
       histopathology after nephrectomy, but A. corymbifera was isolated
       several times from urine and from the exudate from a fistula in the
       surgical wound. After amphotericin B treatment (1.5 g overall dose)
       clinical cure and negative cultures were obtained. No relapses were
       observed until death 1 year later from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
 DE    Adult  Amphotericin B/THERAPEUTIC USE  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/*MICROBIOLOGY  Case Report  Heroin Dependence/COMPLICATIONS
       Human  Kidney/*MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Kidney Diseases/DRUG
       THERAPY/*MICROBIOLOGY  Male  Mucorales/*ISOLATION & PURIF
       Mucormycosis/DRUG THERAPY/*MICROBIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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