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Acute ischemia of bilateral lower extremities as a presenting feature of disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis: A case report
Disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare, and only a few cases have actually been reported in the literature. It is almost universally fatal despite aggressive surgical and medical management. In this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old immunocompromised male with mucormyco...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5161785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27987284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.33215 |
Sumario: | Disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare, and only a few cases have actually been reported in the literature. It is almost universally fatal despite aggressive surgical and medical management. In this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old immunocompromised male with mucormycosis endocarditis, who presented with acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia and passed away due to subsequent multi-organ failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of disseminated mucormycosis native valve endocarditis presenting as acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia. |
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