Disseminated mucormycosis in an adolescent kidney transplant recipient

Kidney Int. 2019 Jan;95(1):236. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.07.006.

Authors

John Dotis¹, Nikoleta Printza¹, Stella Stabouli¹, Vasiliki Karava², Chrysa Gkogka¹, Timoleon-Achilleas Vyzantiadis³, Emmanuel Roilides⁴, Fotios Papachristou¹

Affiliations

¹ First Department of Pediatrics, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² First Department of Pediatrics, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ First Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ Third Department of Pediatrics, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 30606422
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.07.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Biopsy
Cellulitis / diagnostic imaging
Cellulitis / microbiology
Cellulitis / pathology*
Cellulitis / therapy
Debridement
Female
Forearm
Graft Rejection / immunology
Graft Rejection / prevention & control
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mucormycosis / diagnostic imaging
Mucormycosis / microbiology
Mucormycosis / pathology*
Mucormycosis / therapy
Rhizopus / isolation & purification*
Skin / diagnostic imaging
Skin / microbiology
Skin / pathology
Transplant Recipients
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifungal Agents