A renal aspergilloma--an unusual presentation of aspergillosis in an HIV patient.
| Autor: | Meya D; Department of Internal Medicine, Mulago Medical School, Kampala, Uganda. david.meya@gmail.com, Lwanga I, Ronald A, Kigonya E |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | African health sciences [Afr Health Sci] 2005 Dec; Vol. 5 (4), pp. 341-2. |
| DOI: | 10.5555/afhs.2005.5.4.341 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Aspergillosis is a fungal infection occasionally found in immunosuppressed patients. The recommended management of patients with renal aspergilloma remains unclear. Methods: An HIV patient presented with flank pain and an abdominal mass. Renal aspergilloma was diagnosed. Results: The patient with CD4 above 200 did well with nephrectomy followed by amphotericin therapy for 14 days. Conclusions: The merits of surgery followed by antifungal chemotherapy or vice versa are limited. More studies are needed to ascertain the most effective method of treatment for Aspergillosis in HIV patients. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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