[Anuria in an infant caused by an intrapyelic mycelial bezoar in a solitary kidney]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1988 May;45(5):341-2.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 4 month-old premature infant having received prolonged intensive care for necrotizing enterocolitis and Pseudomonas infection, developed anuria with intrapyelic fungus ball developed in a congenital single kidney. Review of the literature found 19 similar cases and emphasized the difficulty of an early diagnosis and the usefulness of renal ultrasonography for its detection. Moreover the opportunity to treat premature neonates carrying candida albicans with IV amphotericin B and flucytosine before the occurrence of an uneasy treatable urological obstacle in discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Anuria / etiology*
  • Bezoars / complications*
  • Candidiasis / complications*
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Flucytosine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney / abnormalities*
  • Kidney Pelvis

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine