Successful treatment of rhino-facial mucormycosis in a diabetic patient

Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressing and lethal infection caused by fungi of the order mucorales. The disease occurs mostly in patients with uncontrolled diabetes or other predisposing systemic conditions. We report a case of rhinofacial mucormycosis in a 39-year-old diabetic patient. The diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Mtibaa, Latifa, Halwani, Chiraz, Tbini, Makram, Boufares, Siwar, Souid, Hana, Ben Sassi, Raja, Gharsallah, Hedi, Ben Mhamed, Rania, Akkari, Khemaies, Jemli, Boutheina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32123659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.01.003
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressing and lethal infection caused by fungi of the order mucorales. The disease occurs mostly in patients with uncontrolled diabetes or other predisposing systemic conditions. We report a case of rhinofacial mucormycosis in a 39-year-old diabetic patient. The diagnosis was established by clinical examination, imaging, and confirmed by mycological examination. Rhizopus arrhizus was isolated. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B, surgical resection, diabetes control and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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