An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome

Immunosuppression predisposes to a variety of infections, some of which occur at unusual sites. Of all the forms of mucormycosis, involvement of the intestines is rare. High degree of suspicion along with the use of invasive procedures can facilitate the diagnosis of these infections. We report a ra...

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Autores principales: Sriperumbuduri, S., Kalidindi, K., Megha, H., Guditi, S., Taduri, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28356670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.196934
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description Immunosuppression predisposes to a variety of infections, some of which occur at unusual sites. Of all the forms of mucormycosis, involvement of the intestines is rare. High degree of suspicion along with the use of invasive procedures can facilitate the diagnosis of these infections. We report a rare case of gastrointestinal Mucor in a patient with nephrotic syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-53581582017-03-29 An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome Sriperumbuduri, S. Kalidindi, K. Megha, H. Guditi, S. Taduri, G. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Immunosuppression predisposes to a variety of infections, some of which occur at unusual sites. Of all the forms of mucormycosis, involvement of the intestines is rare. High degree of suspicion along with the use of invasive procedures can facilitate the diagnosis of these infections. We report a rare case of gastrointestinal Mucor in a patient with nephrotic syndrome. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5358158/ /pubmed/28356670 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.196934 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Nephrology 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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Megha, H.
Guditi, S.
Taduri, G.
An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_full An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_fullStr An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_full_unstemmed An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_short An unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_sort unusual case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28356670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.196934
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