Plasma exchange for disseminated cryptococcosis.
Acute renal failure is frequent in HIV-infected patients and may be related to HIV-associated nephropathy, drugs, or opportunistic infections. We report a peculiar case of disseminated cryptococcosis complicated by acute renal failure associated with obstruction of intrarenal capillaries by Cryptoco...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Kidney Diseases Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 673 - 677 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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W B Saunders
Apr2009
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Acute renal failure is frequent in HIV-infected patients and may be related to HIV-associated nephropathy, drugs, or opportunistic infections. We report a peculiar case of disseminated cryptococcosis complicated by acute renal failure associated with obstruction of intrarenal capillaries by Cryptococus neoformans dead bodies and successfully treated with plasma exchanges. Copyright © 2009 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. |
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