Can ascending infection from bladder serve as the portal of entry for primary renal zygomycosis?

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-360

  Gupta, Kirti ^a   Nada, Ritambhra ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a   Rohilla, Minakshi ^a   Walia, Rama ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ascending infection; Autopsy; Renal Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CYSTITIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; URINARY BLADDER; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

FUNGI;

EID: 78049339851     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9329-y     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Lussier N, Laverdiere M, Weiss K, Poirier L, Schick E. Primary renal mucormycosis. Urol. 1998; 52: 900-3.
2. Flood HD, O'Brien AM, Kelly DG. Isolated renal mucormycosis. Postgrad Med J. 1985; 61: 175-6.
3. Benbow EW, Stoddart RW. Systemic zygomycosis. Postgrad Med J. 1986; 62: 985-96.
4. Spellberg B, Edwards J, Ibrahim A. Novel perspectives on mucormycosis: pathophysiology, presentation and management. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005; 18: 556-69.
5. Davila RM, Moser SA, Grosso LE. Renal Mucormycosis: a case report and review of the literature. J Urol. 1991; 145: 1242-4.
6. Gupta KL, Joshi K, Sud K, Kohli HS, Jha V, Radotra BD. Renal zygomycosis: an underdiagnosed cause of acute renal failure. Neph Dial Transpl. 1999; 14: 2720-5.
7. Gupta KL, Joshi K, Pereira BGJ, Singh K. Disseminated mucormycosis presenting with acute renal failure. Postgrad Med J. 1987; 63: 297-9.