Invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient – the need for prompt treatment

Mucormycosis is a rare life threatening fungal infection predominately seen in immunocompromised or diabetic patients. The following case is of a known type II diabetic patient who presented with sepsis and sudden unilateral loss of vision secondary to infective rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. T...

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Autores principales: Chow, Vanessa, Khan, Sheema, Balogun, Adeola, Mitchell, David, Mühlschlegel, Fritz A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.002

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