Chronic Renal Failure Presenting for the First Time as Pulmonary Mucormycosis with a Fatal Outcome
Joint Authors
Jayakrishnan, B.
Al Aghbari, Jamal
Rizavi, Dawar
Srinivasan, Sinnakirouchenan
Lakhtakia, Ritu
Al Riyami, Dawood
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pulmonary mucormycosis is an uncommon, but important, opportunistic fungal pneumonia which is often diagnosed late.
Renal failure as the predominant presenting feature is not common in mucormycosis.
Moreover, sudden, massive hemoptysis is not a usual complication.
In this report we describe fatal pulmonary mucormycosis in a young patient with a previously undiagnosed chronic renal failure.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jayakrishnan, B.& Al Aghbari, Jamal& Rizavi, Dawar& Srinivasan, Sinnakirouchenan& Lakhtakia, Ritu& Al Riyami, Dawood. 2015. Chronic Renal Failure Presenting for the First Time as Pulmonary Mucormycosis with a Fatal Outcome. Case Reports in Nephrology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058968
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jayakrishnan, B.…[et al.]. Chronic Renal Failure Presenting for the First Time as Pulmonary Mucormycosis with a Fatal Outcome. Case Reports in Nephrology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jayakrishnan, B.& Al Aghbari, Jamal& Rizavi, Dawar& Srinivasan, Sinnakirouchenan& Lakhtakia, Ritu& Al Riyami, Dawood. Chronic Renal Failure Presenting for the First Time as Pulmonary Mucormycosis with a Fatal Outcome. Case Reports in Nephrology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058968
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058968