Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

While patients undergoing treatment for hematologic malignancies are at risk for a variety of infections, gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare and feared complication. Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and timely evaluation. Prompt treatment improves patient outcomes.

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Autores principales: Trybula, Marcus, Wang, Diping, Baumann, Lauren, Pritts, Timothy A., Hambley, Bryan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4290
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spelling pubmed-82238892021-06-29 Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia Trybula, Marcus Wang, Diping Baumann, Lauren Pritts, Timothy A. Hambley, Bryan C. Clin Case Rep Case Reports While patients undergoing treatment for hematologic malignancies are at risk for a variety of infections, gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare and feared complication. Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and timely evaluation. Prompt treatment improves patient outcomes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8223889/ /pubmed/34194794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4290 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Trybula, Marcus
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Pritts, Timothy A.
Hambley, Bryan C.
Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title_full Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title_fullStr Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title_short Rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
title_sort rhizopus microsporus typhlitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4290
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