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Disease Entities in Mucormycosis
Journal of Fungi, 2019 Mucormycosis is an emerging life-threatening fungal infection caused by Mucorales. This infection occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients, especially with hematological malignancy, transplantation, or diabetes mellitus.
Alexandra Serris +2 more
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Pulmonary aspergillosis and mucormycosis in a patient with COVID-19
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2021 Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis and aspergillosis are rare, life-threatening fungal infections. Most documented cases have been reported in patients with diabetes mellitus, neutropenia, or treatment with corticosteroids.
Andre K. Johnson +3 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Background Pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Mucorales is a highly lethal invasive fungal infection usually found in immunocompromised patients. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients is very rare. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-
Jianhan He +4 more
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis: An Interesting Case of Rhizopus Mucormycosis [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 We report a case of a 57-year-old Vietnamese gentleman who presented with chest pain and shortness of breath for four weeks. The patient had a history of diabetes mellitus and kidney transplant in the past year and was currently on immunosuppressive agents.
Ukoha, Chijioke D, Nguyen, Nicholas
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Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 2014 Mucormycosis or zygomycosis is a relatively uncommon but an important oppportunistic infection that occurs almost exclusively in individuals with host defence deficiencies.We report a patient with pulmonary mucormycosis who presented with low grade fever and hyperglycemia.
SHOWKAT, Hakim İrfan +4 more
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A Rare Case of Fatal Endobronchial Mucormycosis Masquerading as Endobronchial Tuberculosis
Medicina, 2020 Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively rare but often fatal opportunistic fungal infection that occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. Endobronchial mucormycosis, a distinct clinical form of pulmonary mucormycosis, is very rare, and only a few ...
Minjeong Kim +5 more
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Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2023 Pulmonary mucormycosis is rare in kidney transplant recipients and has a high mortality rate. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as round pneumonia 1 year and 1 month after the transplant.
Aniket Hase +8 more
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis With Dissemination: A Case of Unrelenting Fever and Chest Pain
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022 Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare entity that requires a high index of clinical suspicion for diagnosis. Untreated mucormycosis results in dissemination with exceedingly high mortality rates.
Chelsea Boyd +2 more
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A rare case of post-COVID mucormycosis of the kidney
Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2022 Post-COVID mucormycosis of the kidney is a rare phenomenon with only very few cases reported, worldwide. Among the various opportunistic fungal infections, mucormycosis is associated with the highest mortality.
Ankit Tyagi +3 more
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A case report of cutaneous mucormycosis of the hand after minor trauma in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Mucormycosis is a rare but life-threatening infection, caused by fungi of the Mucorales order, which can be found in soil, rotting leaves or on animals. Through characteristic angioinvasive growth, infections with mucor spores can occur as a
Maleitzke, Tazio +3 more
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