Renal aspergillosis and AIDS

Eur Urol. 1995;27(2):167-9. doi: 10.1159/000475151.

Abstract

Primary renal aspergillosis is an extremely rare entity. Only 19 cases have been reported, 3 of them in patients with AIDS. We report one new case of renal aspergillosis in a patient with AIDS. His disease pattern was multiple bilateral renal abscesses with a normal excretory pathway. The treatment established was percutaneous drainage and systemic antifungal drugs. He had a bad evolution and died 14 weeks after diagnosis. In the previously reported cases of aspergillosis in patients with AIDS, the manifestation was unilateral renal abscess.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Aspergillosis / complications*
  • Aspergillosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aspergillus fumigatus*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography