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A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host
Mucormycosis is a rare fungal disease that holds a fatal opportunistic fungal infection in diabetes mellitus, hematological malignancy, and immunocompromised host. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis is extremely rare. Optimal therapy is a combined medical-surgical approach and a management of the patie...
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The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3695309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23814599 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.6.269 |
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author | Lee, Jung Su Kim, Ho Cheol Park, Sang Woo So, Hoon Sub Woo, Chang Yun Choi, Jong Han Kim, Sang Hyung Kim, Se Jin Oh, Yeon-Mok |
author_facet | Lee, Jung Su Kim, Ho Cheol Park, Sang Woo So, Hoon Sub Woo, Chang Yun Choi, Jong Han Kim, Sang Hyung Kim, Se Jin Oh, Yeon-Mok |
author_sort | Lee, Jung Su |
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description | Mucormycosis is a rare fungal disease that holds a fatal opportunistic fungal infection in diabetes mellitus, hematological malignancy, and immunocompromised host. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis is extremely rare. Optimal therapy is a combined medical-surgical approach and a management of the patient's underlying disease. Herein, we report a case-study of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis which was being presented as multiple lung nodules in a patient with no underlying risk factors. Considering that the patient had poor pulmonary functions, we treated him with only antifungal agent rather than a combined medical-surgical approach. After treatment with antifungal agent for six months, the nodules of pulmonary mucormycosis were improved with the prominent reductions of size on the computed tomography. |
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spelling | pubmed-36953092013-06-30 A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host Lee, Jung Su Kim, Ho Cheol Park, Sang Woo So, Hoon Sub Woo, Chang Yun Choi, Jong Han Kim, Sang Hyung Kim, Se Jin Oh, Yeon-Mok Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) Case Report Mucormycosis is a rare fungal disease that holds a fatal opportunistic fungal infection in diabetes mellitus, hematological malignancy, and immunocompromised host. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis is extremely rare. Optimal therapy is a combined medical-surgical approach and a management of the patient's underlying disease. Herein, we report a case-study of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis which was being presented as multiple lung nodules in a patient with no underlying risk factors. Considering that the patient had poor pulmonary functions, we treated him with only antifungal agent rather than a combined medical-surgical approach. After treatment with antifungal agent for six months, the nodules of pulmonary mucormycosis were improved with the prominent reductions of size on the computed tomography. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013-06 2013-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3695309/ /pubmed/23814599 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.6.269 Text en Copyright©2013. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ It is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) |
spellingShingle | Case Report Lee, Jung Su Kim, Ho Cheol Park, Sang Woo So, Hoon Sub Woo, Chang Yun Choi, Jong Han Kim, Sang Hyung Kim, Se Jin Oh, Yeon-Mok A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title | A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title_full | A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title_fullStr | A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title_short | A Case of Isolated Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host |
title_sort | case of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3695309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23814599 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.6.269 |
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