An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection primarily afflicting immunocompromised or diabetic patients. Its presentation ranges from rhino-orbito-cerebral infections to disseminated mucormycosis with angioinvasion. We present a patient who developed a bowel obstruction one month after bone marrow transplant...
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| author | Chungting Kou Matthew Rendo David Kline Bradie Bishop Heather C. Yun |
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| description | Mucormycosis is a fungal infection primarily afflicting immunocompromised or diabetic patients. Its presentation ranges from rhino-orbito-cerebral infections to disseminated mucormycosis with angioinvasion. We present a patient who developed a bowel obstruction one month after bone marrow transplant and was diagnosed with Rhizopus arrhizus diverticulitis despite antifungal therapy since transplantation. She underwent surgical removal with immediate fungal resurgence, declined further invasive intervention and was discharged on palliative isavuconazole. Seven months later she is alive with fungal containment. Keywords: Mucormycosis, Rhizopus arrhizus, Fungal diverticulitis, Salvage isavuconazole |
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| spelling | doaj.art-619608d3c1bb4509bddbfdd271541f982022-12-21T20:37:59ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392019-09-01251518An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitisChungting Kou0Matthew Rendo1David Kline2Bradie Bishop3Heather C. Yun4Department of Internal Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United States; Corresponding author.Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United States; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United StatesDepartment of Pathology, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United StatesInfectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United States; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, United StatesMucormycosis is a fungal infection primarily afflicting immunocompromised or diabetic patients. Its presentation ranges from rhino-orbito-cerebral infections to disseminated mucormycosis with angioinvasion. We present a patient who developed a bowel obstruction one month after bone marrow transplant and was diagnosed with Rhizopus arrhizus diverticulitis despite antifungal therapy since transplantation. She underwent surgical removal with immediate fungal resurgence, declined further invasive intervention and was discharged on palliative isavuconazole. Seven months later she is alive with fungal containment. Keywords: Mucormycosis, Rhizopus arrhizus, Fungal diverticulitis, Salvage isavuconazolehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753919300065 |
| spellingShingle | Chungting Kou Matthew Rendo David Kline Bradie Bishop Heather C. Yun An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis Medical Mycology Case Reports |
| title | An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis |
| title_full | An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis |
| title_fullStr | An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis |
| title_short | An unusual cause of bowel obstruction: Rhizopus Arrhizus diverticulitis |
| title_sort | unusual cause of bowel obstruction rhizopus arrhizus diverticulitis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753919300065 |
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