Plasma exchange for disseminated cryptococcosis

Guillaume Bollée; Maxime Touzot; Fredéric Mechai; Virgine Royal; Francois Lefrère; Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux; Claudine Duvivier; Jean-Paul Viard; Olivier Lortholary; Fadi Fakhouri

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.019

Plasma exchange for disseminated cryptococcosis

Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Apr;53(4):673-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.019. Epub 2008 Oct 10.

Authors

Guillaume Bollée¹, Maxime Touzot, Fredéric Mechai, Virgine Royal, Francois Lefrère, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Claudine Duvivier, Jean-Paul Viard, Olivier Lortholary, Fadi Fakhouri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Necker, Université Paris V, Paris, France.

PMID: 18848378
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.019

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / therapy*
Acute Kidney Injury / complications*
Cryptococcosis / complications*
Cryptococcosis / diagnosis
Cryptococcosis / therapy*
Cryptococcus neoformans
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Kidney / blood supply
Male
Middle Aged
Plasma Exchange*