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An unusual cause of acute anemia in an immunosuppressed patient

Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate, seen more commonly in immunocompromised patients. This lethal infection has a wide range of presentations, from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease and eventually vasc...

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Autores principales: Modaresi Esfeh, Jamak, Jackson, Whitney, Ansari-Gilani, Kianoush, Putka, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gov005
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Sumario:Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate, seen more commonly in immunocompromised patients. This lethal infection has a wide range of presentations, from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease and eventually vascular invasion. Here we present a case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompromised patient, which was proved to be secondary to gastric involvement by mucormycosis.