Invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient – the need for prompt treatment
Mucormycosis is a rare life threatening fungal infection predominately seen in immunocompromised or diabetic patients. The following case is of a known type II diabetic patient who presented with sepsis and sudden unilateral loss of vision secondary to infective rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. T...
Main Authors: | Vanessa Chow, Sheema Khan, Adeola Balogun, David Mitchell, Fritz A. Mühlschlegel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-06-01
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Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000542 |
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