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: Sarrami, Amir Hossein, Setareh, Mehrdad, Izadinejad, Masoud, Afshar-Moghaddam, Noushin, Baradaran-Mahdavi, Mohammad Mehdi, Meidani, Mohsen
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898454/