Successful Treatment of Recurrent Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Summary of existing publications on mucormycosis in renal transplant recipients.

Reference	Number of patients	Organ; ()	Treatment	Mortality; (%)
Fisher et al., 1980	1	Skin (1)	AmpB, surgery	1/1 (100)
Nampoory et al., 1996	2	Lungs (1); allograft (1)	AmpB, fluconazole	—
Bakshi and Volk, 2001	1	Lungs (1)	AmpB	0/1 (0)
Godara et al., 2011	16	Rhino (9); lungs (5); allograft (1); disseminated (1)	AmpB, surgery	6/16 (37.5)
Zhao et al., 2012	1	Cutaneous (1)	AmpB, surgery	0/1 (0)
Hatahet et al., 2013	1	Disseminated (1)	AmpB, Mica, surgery	1/1 (100)
Stewart et al., 2014	1	Lungs (1)	Pos, AmpB, Mica, surgery	0/1 (0)
Patel et al., 2014	1	Lungs (1)	Pos, caspofungin	1/1 (100)
Santos et al., 2015	2	Lungs (2)	AmpB, surgery	2/2 (100)
Kursun et al., 2015	1	Rhino (1)	AmpB, surgery	—
Palejwala et al., 2016	2	Rhino (2)	AmpB, Pos, mica, Isa, surgery	2/2 100
Vaezi et al., 2016	20	Rhino (9); lungs (5); cutaneous (3); disseminated (2) pseudoaneurysm (1)	AmpB, Pos	10/20 (50)