Wegener's granulomatosis and mucoromycosis: A case study and review of literature

Mucormycosis is a fatal invasive infection which mostly involves diabetic or immunosuppressed patients. Early diagnosis, improving immunosuppression, systemic antifungal therapy, and surgical debridement are necessary for successful treatment. In this case study, we represent a known case of Wegener...

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Autores principales: Abtahi, Sayyed Mojtaba, Omrani, Mohammadreza, Karimifar, Mansoor, Eshaghian, Afrooz, Kachuei, Maryam, Momeni, Azarmidokht
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23210082
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.98129
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is a fatal invasive infection which mostly involves diabetic or immunosuppressed patients. Early diagnosis, improving immunosuppression, systemic antifungal therapy, and surgical debridement are necessary for successful treatment. In this case study, we represent a known case of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), with concomitant sinusal mucormycosis mimicking vasculitic disease relapse, which was successfully treated with surgical debridement, amphotericine, and intravenous immunoglobuline.

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