descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1983 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Journal of Urology, volume 130, pages 526-528 (issn: 0022-5347, eissn: 1527-3792,

Authors: A. Scott Dansky; James A. Sherwood;

doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)51287-2

pmid: 6684177

Paecilomyces Pyelonephritis Complicating Nephrolithiasis and Review of Paecilomyces Infections

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Abstract

We report a case of Paecilomyces variotii isolated from the renal pelvis at ureterolithotomy. The patient presented with nephrolithiasis, acute flank pain, fever and pyuria, which resolved postoperatively. Paecilomyces has infected the cornea, prosthetic lens implants, lacrimal sac, maxillary sinuses, prosthetic mitral and aortic valves, skin and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

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University of Rochester
United States

Keywords

Male, Kidney Calculi, Mycoses, Pyelonephritis, Humans, Mitosporic Fungi, Middle Aged

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