Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis Resulting in a Catastrophic Outcome in an Immunocompetent Patient

We present a case of a middle-aged female who was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection and subsequently developed an acute surgical abdomen secondary to a perforated viscous. She was found to have mucormycosis of the intestinal tract and eventually succumbed to the sequelae of the i...

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Autores principales: Antony, Suresh J., Parikh, Monisha S., Ramirez, Ruben, Applebaum, Bruce, Friedman, Glen, Do, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500741
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2015.6031
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Sumario:We present a case of a middle-aged female who was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection and subsequently developed an acute surgical abdomen secondary to a perforated viscous. She was found to have mucormycosis of the intestinal tract and eventually succumbed to the sequelae of the infection.

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