African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5210

Full Length Research Paper

Voriconazole therapy: Associated acute kidney injury

Feng Wang1, Mei Bai1, Binghui Zhao2 and Niansong Wang1*
  1Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, the Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, China. 2Department of Radiology, The Tenth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 01 September 2011
  •  Published: 09 November 2011

Abstract

 

Voriconazole is a good antifungal drug, which is often used to treat aspergillosis. Little is, however, known about its renal toxicity effect. A patient with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and pulmonary aspergillosis treated with Voriconazole suffered from acute renal failure, which was diagnosed Voriconazole therapy-associated acute kidney injury. Finally the patient recovered. This is a case report of Voriconazole therapy-associated acute kidney injury.

 

Key words: Voriconazole, aspergillosis, therapy-associated, acute kidney injury.

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