Successful medical management of isolated renal zygomycosis: case report and review

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Mar;26(3):601-5. doi: 10.1086/514562.

Abstract

We describe the medical management of isolated renal zygomycosis in an adult patient with AIDS during chemotherapy for AIDS-related lymphoma. After initial presentation during the first cycle of chemotherapy, the infection was contained within the kidney following recovery of the neutrophil count without medical or surgical intervention. Since he was not considered to be a candidate for nephrectomy, his infection was treated with amphotericin B lipid complex during subsequent chemotherapy. Neutropenia was minimized by the addition of cytokine support therapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and reduced doses of chemotherapy. Following this strategy, his lymphoma completely resolved, and renal zygomycosis was controlled. At the time of this writing, he had been in complete remission for 18 months without evidence of progressive fungal infection. This report and our literature review indicate that isolated renal zygomycosis can be associated with a favorable prognosis, occurs with greatest frequency in patients with AIDS, is associated with parenteral access, and may be managed by medical therapy alone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / physiopathology
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Mucormycosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mucormycosis / drug therapy*
  • Mucormycosis / physiopathology
  • Phosphatidylcholines / therapeutic use*
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / therapeutic use*
  • Radiography
  • Rhizopus*
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Phosphatidylglycerols
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B