Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the fungi of the Mucorales order of the class Zygomycetes. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, fatal condition accounting for only 7% of the cases. We present the case of a gastroduodenal mucormycosis presenting as recurrent massive hema...

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Autores principales: Mungazi, Simbarashe G., Zambuko, Blessing, Muchuweti, David, Muguti, Edwin G., Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.05.001
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author Mungazi, Simbarashe G.
Zambuko, Blessing
Muchuweti, David
Muguti, Edwin G.
Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi
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description Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the fungi of the Mucorales order of the class Zygomycetes. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, fatal condition accounting for only 7% of the cases. We present the case of a gastroduodenal mucormycosis presenting as recurrent massive hematemesis. We report this case to alert clinicians of this rare but fatal condition and to encourage further research into its pathogenesis and management.
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spelling pubmed-54355962017-05-30 Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report Mungazi, Simbarashe G. Zambuko, Blessing Muchuweti, David Muguti, Edwin G. Mlotshwa, Sizolwenkosi Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the fungi of the Mucorales order of the class Zygomycetes. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, fatal condition accounting for only 7% of the cases. We present the case of a gastroduodenal mucormycosis presenting as recurrent massive hematemesis. We report this case to alert clinicians of this rare but fatal condition and to encourage further research into its pathogenesis and management. Elsevier 2017-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5435596/ /pubmed/28560130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.05.001 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Mungazi, Simbarashe G.
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Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title_full Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title_fullStr Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title_short Fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: A case report
title_sort fatal haemorrhagic duodenal mucormycosis in a non-immunocompromised host: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.05.001
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