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Marked renal damage in a child with hydronephrosis infected by Trichosporon asahii.

Mori Y, Hiraoka M, Katsu M, Tsukahara H, Mikami Y, Mayumi M

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.

We describe a case of urinary infection caused by Trichosporon asahii, which drastically aggravated renal function in a left hydronephrotic kidney. Previous implantation of a nephrostomy tube and a ureteral J-stent and administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics seemed to have predisposed the non-granulocytopenic child to the urinary fungal infection.

Published 25 January 2005 in Pediatr Nephrol, 20(2): 234-6.
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