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Obstructive Bilateral Renal Fungal Bezoars in an Extremely Premature Neonate Treated With Antifungals and Urokinase Irrigation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
January 2025
From the Department of Infection and Immunity.
Background: An ex-27-week gestation female infant developed bilateral forearm nodules at 4 weeks of life during treatment for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. A pure growth of Candida albicans was isolated on culture of both sterile aspiration of the forearm abscess and urine without evidence of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus . The patient went on to develop bilateral obstructive renal fungal bezoars at 11 weeks of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBilateral renal fungal bezoars in a preterm infant: case report and literature review.
J Surg Case Rep
October 2021
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Renal fungal bezoars or fungal balls is a rare condition in neonates and infants, usually occurring in immunocompromised patients. Renal bezoars result from accumulations of fungal cells and renal epithelial cells. The most common manifestation is candiduria, which can cause urinary tract obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of ureteral fungal mass removal in a patient taking empagliflozin.
CEN Case Rep
November 2021
Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1801 N. Senate Blvd, STE 220, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
With increased use of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors as antidiabetic agents, the risk of serious fungal urinary tract infection (UTI) may be increased. We present the case of a 67-year-old Caucasian female who was admitted for emphysematous pyelitis and found to have a fungal ball in the renal pelvis. Candida glabrata was cultured and the patient was managed with percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement and antifungal treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOccult Candida bezoar (fungal ball) post ureteric stent insertion.
J Paediatr Child Health
December 2021
Department of Radiology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Renal fungus ball in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis: Unique complication in a rare disease.
Mycoses
June 2018
Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
Candida fungus ball is a rare presentation of urinary tract infections among adult patients and is associated with considerable morbidity. Because clinical signs are not specific, diagnosis is often delayed. Furthermore, treatment is occasionally difficult, and the approach to such cases varies widely among different centers.
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