A Rare Cause of Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in Immunocompromised Host

Mucormycosis is an invasive and aggressive opportunistic fungal infection that usually presents with rhinocerebral or pulmonary involvement and rarely involves the gastrointestinal tract. The disease is acute with mortality rate up to 100%. A 68-year-old male was undergoing treatment at a local hosp...

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Autores principales: Abdullah, Obai, Pele, Nicole A., Fu, Yumei, Ashraf, Imran, Arif, Murtaza, Bechtold, Matthew L., Grewal, Ajitinder, Hammad, Hazem T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr400w

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