RENAL ZYGOMYCOSIS IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY HOSTS

Two cases of renal zygomycosis in two young healthy men who presented with loin pain and progressive renal failure without any history of tr auma are presented. In the first patient, kidneys were bilaterally inf ected by a member of Mucoraceae, namely, Apophysomyces elegans. Despit e bilateral nephrectomy, surgical debridement and antifungal therapy, the patient died 3 months later. This infection represents the second case of zygomycosis in India caused by A. elegans. In the second patie nt, one kidney was infected by Rhizopus arrhizus. After nephrectomy of the affected kidney, surgical drainage of pus and treatment with amph otericin B, the patient recovered from the illness.