Une mucormycose faciale compliquant une angiocholite grave: à propos d’un cas

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection occurring in immunocompromised patients. It is a serious life threatening condition. Even though diagnosed early, mucormycosis has a mortality rate reaching 50%. We report the case of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient hospitalized in Intensive Care...

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Autores principales: Lakhdar, Karim, Houari, Naoufal, Elbouazzaoui, Abderrahim, Ameuraoui, Taoufik, Boukatta, Brahim, Sbai, Hicham, Kanjaa, Nabil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5337295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293362
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.246.10977
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection occurring in immunocompromised patients. It is a serious life threatening condition. Even though diagnosed early, mucormycosis has a mortality rate reaching 50%. We report the case of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit for severe angiocholitis. Evolution was lethal.

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