Fatal disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompotent patient: A Case Report and literature review

Fatal disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompotent patient: A Case Report and literature review

Disseminated mucormycosis is a rare entity most frequently seen in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies, post transplants or in patients on deferoxamine therapy. We report a 64-year-old immunocompetent male with an acute pneumonia and a generalized jaundice who died within 24 h. In the...

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Main Authors: Amir Hossein Sarrami, Mehrdad Setareh, Masoud Izadinejad, Noushin Afshar-Moghaddam, Mohammad Mehdi Baradaran-Mahdavi, Mohsen Meidani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Autopsy
immune system
mucormycosis
Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=12;spage=1468;epage=1471;aulast=Sarrami

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