Disseminated tuberculosis and gastric mucormycosis coinfection

Tuberculosis and mucormycosis coinfection has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We present a case of gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Early diagnosis, addressing the risk factors for mucormycosis, surgical debridement, and timely...

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Autores principales: Malek, Alexandre, De la Hoz, Alejandro, Arduino, Roberto, Aisenberg, Gabriel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00595
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De la Hoz, Alejandro
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description Tuberculosis and mucormycosis coinfection has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We present a case of gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Early diagnosis, addressing the risk factors for mucormycosis, surgical debridement, and timely antifungal treatment are the mainstay of care.
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spelling pubmed-66396572019-07-29 Disseminated tuberculosis and gastric mucormycosis coinfection Malek, Alexandre De la Hoz, Alejandro Arduino, Roberto Aisenberg, Gabriel M. IDCases Article Tuberculosis and mucormycosis coinfection has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We present a case of gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Early diagnosis, addressing the risk factors for mucormycosis, surgical debridement, and timely antifungal treatment are the mainstay of care. Elsevier 2019-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6639657/ /pubmed/31360637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00595 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. 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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title_short Disseminated tuberculosis and gastric mucormycosis coinfection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00595
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