Bowel infarction due to intestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient

Mucormycosis is a fatal opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in immunocompromised patients. The classical manifestation of mucormycosis is a rhinocerebral infection, and although primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon, it has an extremely high mortality rate in immunocompromi...

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Published in:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2012-11, Vol.83 (5), p.325
Main Authors: Choi, Han Lim, Shin, Yoon Mi, Lee, Ki Man, Choe, Kang Hyeon, Jeon, Hyun Jeong, Sung, Ro Hyun, Shin, Kyeong Seob, Shin, Young Deok, Yun, Hyo Yung, Song, Young Jin, Choi, Jae-Woon, Ryu, Dong Hee
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Summary:Mucormycosis is a fatal opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in immunocompromised patients. The classical manifestation of mucormycosis is a rhinocerebral infection, and although primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon, it has an extremely high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Furthermore, cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host are rarely reported. Here, we describe our experience of a male patient, with no underlying disease, who succumbed to a bowel infarction caused by intestinal mucormycosis during mechanical ventilatory care for severe pneumonia and septic shock.
ISSN:2233-7903
2093-0488
DOI:10.4174/jkss.2012.83.5.325