Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recip...

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Autores principales: Pedemonte-Sarrias, Gabriel, Gras-Cabrerizo, Juan Ramon, Rodríguez-Álvarez, Fernando, Montserrat-Gili, Joan Ramon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26980968
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.174635
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recipient 5-month after the procedure, with a fatal outcome.

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