Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient

Mucormycosis is a severe fungal infection that occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. It is characterized by several syndromes with rhino-orbito-cerebral and pulmonary involvement. We report the case of a 49-year-old patient admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis and Influenza B pneumonia nonrespo...

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Autores principales: Duarte, Mafalda, Tiago, Vasco, Camble, Abelcineyd, Sousa, Raquel, Aldomiro, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9187908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35706727
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24932
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author Duarte, Mafalda
Tiago, Vasco
Camble, Abelcineyd
Sousa, Raquel
Aldomiro, Fernando
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Tiago, Vasco
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Sousa, Raquel
Aldomiro, Fernando
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description Mucormycosis is a severe fungal infection that occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. It is characterized by several syndromes with rhino-orbito-cerebral and pulmonary involvement. We report the case of a 49-year-old patient admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis and Influenza B pneumonia nonresponsive to treatment, which was later diagnosed with pulmonary mucormycosis. After correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment with isavuconazole, the patient had a favorable evolution, which reinforces the importance of an accurate diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-91879082022-06-14 Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient Duarte, Mafalda Tiago, Vasco Camble, Abelcineyd Sousa, Raquel Aldomiro, Fernando Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Mucormycosis is a severe fungal infection that occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. It is characterized by several syndromes with rhino-orbito-cerebral and pulmonary involvement. We report the case of a 49-year-old patient admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis and Influenza B pneumonia nonresponsive to treatment, which was later diagnosed with pulmonary mucormycosis. After correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment with isavuconazole, the patient had a favorable evolution, which reinforces the importance of an accurate diagnosis. Cureus 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9187908/ /pubmed/35706727 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24932 Text en Copyright © 2022, Duarte et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Duarte, Mafalda
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title Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient
title_full Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient
title_fullStr Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient
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title_short Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient
title_sort pulmonary mucormycosis in a poorly controlled diabetic patient
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9187908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35706727
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