Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis

Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital...

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Published in:Canadian Respiratory Journal 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-4
Main Authors: Fernández-Villar, Alberto, Lago-Preciado, Guillermo, Ramos-Hernández, Cristina, Botana-Rial, Maribel, Leiro-Fernández, Virginia, Mouronte-Roibás, Cecilia, Fiaño-Valverde, Concepción
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Language:English
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Antifungal agents
Care and treatment
Case studies
Clinico-Pathologic Conferences
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis
Mucormycosis - diagnostic imaging
Mucormycosis - microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital due to an H1N1 infection. The subject’s clinical condition worsened and he finally died because of a necrotizing bilateral pneumonia with disseminated mycotic thromboses due to Lichtheimia ramosa, which is an emerging Mucoralean fungus. This is an infrequent case because of the extent to which it affected a subject without overt immunocompromise. This case underlines the importance of an early premortem diagnosis and treatment in order to prevent rapid progression of this disease, as well as the need of considering mucormycosis when facing subjects with multiple emboli and fever unresponsive to usual antimicrobials.
ISSN:1198-2241
1916-7245
DOI:10.1155/2016/2178218