A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury

Mucormycosis, is an invasive infection caused by fungi. Mainly it affects patients with immunosuppressive conditions but can occur in immuncompetent host in specific situation such us direct skin inoculation by traumatic injury. We present a 56-year-old patient who hospitalized due to left orbital c...

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Autores principales: Arfaj, Lama, aloqpi, Fatinah, Elsayad, Waleed, Tayeb, Sarah, Rabie, Nada, Samannodi, Mohammed
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01182
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author Arfaj, Lama
aloqpi, Fatinah
Elsayad, Waleed
Tayeb, Sarah
Rabie, Nada
Samannodi, Mohammed
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description Mucormycosis, is an invasive infection caused by fungi. Mainly it affects patients with immunosuppressive conditions but can occur in immuncompetent host in specific situation such us direct skin inoculation by traumatic injury. We present a 56-year-old patient who hospitalized due to left orbital cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis post traumatic injury. A diagnosis of invasive mucormycosis was established by tissue histopathology and culture. Despite daily surgical debridement and amphotericin B, the infection disseminated to central nervous system led to fatal outcome. We conclude that mucormycosis can disseminate in immunocompetent population and leads to death.
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spelling pubmed-82090802021-06-23 A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury Arfaj, Lama aloqpi, Fatinah Elsayad, Waleed Tayeb, Sarah Rabie, Nada Samannodi, Mohammed IDCases Case Report Mucormycosis, is an invasive infection caused by fungi. Mainly it affects patients with immunosuppressive conditions but can occur in immuncompetent host in specific situation such us direct skin inoculation by traumatic injury. We present a 56-year-old patient who hospitalized due to left orbital cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis post traumatic injury. A diagnosis of invasive mucormycosis was established by tissue histopathology and culture. Despite daily surgical debridement and amphotericin B, the infection disseminated to central nervous system led to fatal outcome. We conclude that mucormycosis can disseminate in immunocompetent population and leads to death. Elsevier 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8209080/ /pubmed/34168958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01182 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://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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aloqpi, Fatinah
Elsayad, Waleed
Tayeb, Sarah
Rabie, Nada
Samannodi, Mohammed
A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title_full A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title_fullStr A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title_full_unstemmed A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title_short A fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
title_sort fatal case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient post traumatic injury
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01182
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