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
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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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author Pedemonte-Sarrias, Gabriel
Gras-Cabrerizo, Juan Ramon
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description 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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spelling pubmed-47742932016-03-15 Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient Pedemonte-Sarrias, Gabriel Gras-Cabrerizo, Juan Ramon Rodríguez-Álvarez, Fernando Montserrat-Gili, Joan Ramon J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4774293/ /pubmed/26980968 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.174635 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774293/
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