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CASE REPORT
Urinary tract aspergillosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease
  1. Linghong Zhou1,
  2. Huazhen Zhao1,
  3. Zhongqing Chen2,
  4. Liping Zhu1
  1. 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  2. 2Pathology Department, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Liping Zhu, zhulp{at}fudan.edu.cn

Summary

Invasive aspergillosis is a life-threatening fungal infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary aspergillosis is the most common type of the infection, while urinary tract infection is relatively rare. Here, we describe a case of a 46-year-old man with chronic renal disease presenting with intermittent abdominal pain. The diagnosis of aspergillosis was established by pathological findings of the fungal ball in the bladder. The patient underwent multiple antimicrobial treatments and surgical interventions and was finally cured by posaconazole.

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Urinary Tract Infections

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221638

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors LpZ designed this case. LhZ and HzZ collected the data from medical records and wrote the manuscript. ZqC analysed the pathological findings and revised the discussion. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.