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Am J Kidney Dis
; 53(4): 673-6, 2009 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18848378
RESUMO
Acute renal failure is frequent in HIV-infected patients and may be related to HIV-associated nephropathy, drugs, or opportunistic infections. We report a peculiar case of disseminated cryptococcosis complicated by acute renal failure associated with obstruction of intrarenal capillaries by Cryptococus neoformans dead bodies and successfully treated with plasma exchanges.