CASE REPORTS Plasma Exchange for Disseminated Cryptococcosis

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. Am J Kidney Dis 53:673-676. © 2009 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.