Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in a Patient with AIDS: A Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Following Pentamidine Therapy

We report the case of a patient with AIDS in whom rhinocerebral mucormycosis developed after treatment with pentamidine. As far as we know, this is the first report of a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis occurring as a complication of iatrogenic diabetes in a patient with AIDS.

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1996-10, Vol.23 (4), p.845-846
Main Authors: Abril, Vicente, Ortega, Enrique, Segarra, Pilar, Pedro, Francisco, Sabater, Vicente, Herrera, Agustin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - drug therapy
Adult
AIDS
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents - adverse effects
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Brain - microbiology
Brief Reports
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Humans
Hyphae
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...)
Mucormycosis
Mucormycosis - complications
Mucormycosis - diagnosis
Mucormycosis - drug therapy
Nasopharynx - microbiology
Pancreatitis
Pentamidine - adverse effects
Pentamidine - therapeutic use
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - drug therapy
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Summary:We report the case of a patient with AIDS in whom rhinocerebral mucormycosis developed after treatment with pentamidine. As far as we know, this is the first report of a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis occurring as a complication of iatrogenic diabetes in a patient with AIDS.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/clinids/23.4.845