Acute Kidney Failure

Research on kidney failure reported by M. Veroux et al

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"All rights reserved Reported rates of positive preservation fluid cultures range from 5% to 23%, with fungi accounting for 2-10% of all positive cultures. We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient who received a graft with preservation fluid contaminated by Candida albicans, who developed acute renal failure due to ureteral obstruction by fungus balls. The patient was treated with voriconazole with complete restoration of graft function," wrote M. Veroux and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "This rare clinical entity demonstrates the usefulness of pre-transplant cultures of preservation fluid, in order to identify a group of patients who could benefit from antifungal prophylaxis therapy and thereby prevent the need for graft nephrectomy.."

Veroux and colleagues published their study in Transplant Infectious Disease (Acute renal failure due to ureteral obstruction in a kidney transplant recipient with Candida albicans contamination of preservation fluid. Transplant Infectious Disease, 2009;11(3):266-268).

For additional information, contact M. Veroux, University of Hospital Catania, Dept. of Surgery Transplantation & Advanced Technology, Vascular Surgery & Organ Transplant Unit, Via S Sofia 86, I-95123 Catania, Italy.

The publisher's contact information for the journal Transplant Infectious Disease is: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., Commerce Place, 350 Main St., Malden 02148, MA, USA.

Keywords: Italy, Catania, Acute Kidney Failure, Acute Renal Failure, Kidney, Kidney Transplant, Nephrology, Organ Transplant, Renal Failure, Transplantation, Ureteral Obstruction.

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