Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma

• Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis after penetrating abdominal trauma. • Presented post-operatively as a gastropleural fistula. • Disease progresses rapidly and potentially fatal. • Treatment involves early diagnosis, surgical debridement, and anti-fungal therapy.

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Autores principales: Chow, Kevin L., McElmeel, David P., Brown, Henry G., Tabriz, Muhammad S., Omi, Ellen C.
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/PMC5614730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28946029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.013
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spelling pubmed-56147302017-10-03 Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma Chow, Kevin L. McElmeel, David P. Brown, Henry G. Tabriz, Muhammad S. Omi, Ellen C. Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report • Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis after penetrating abdominal trauma. • Presented post-operatively as a gastropleural fistula. • Disease progresses rapidly and potentially fatal. • Treatment involves early diagnosis, surgical debridement, and anti-fungal therapy. Elsevier 2017-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5614730/ /pubmed/28946029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.013 Text en © 2017 The Authors 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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Chow, Kevin L.
McElmeel, David P.
Brown, Henry G.
Tabriz, Muhammad S.
Omi, Ellen C.
Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title_full Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title_fullStr Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title_full_unstemmed Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title_short Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
title_sort invasive gastric mucormycosis: a case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28946029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.013
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