Possible pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection in a previously healthy child after a near-drowning incident

This article reports on a previously healthy 17-month-old boy who developed pulmonary mucormycosis after a near-drowning incident in a goose pond. The patient survived without neurological sequelae and recovered, under treatment with amphotericin B, from the rare and often invasive fungal infection...

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Published in:Infection 2016-06, Vol.44 (3), p.361-364
Main Authors: Gerlach, Magdalena M., Lippmann, Norman, Kobelt, Louise, Petzold-Quinque, Stefanie, Ritter, Lutz, Kiess, Wieland, Siekmeyer, Manuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Aquatic birds
Case Report
Drowning
Family Medicine
General Practice
Humans
Infant
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mucormycosis
Near Drowning
Rhizopus
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Summary:This article reports on a previously healthy 17-month-old boy who developed pulmonary mucormycosis after a near-drowning incident in a goose pond. The patient survived without neurological sequelae and recovered, under treatment with amphotericin B, from the rare and often invasive fungal infection with Rhizopus spp., usually occurring in immunodeficient patients.
ISSN:0300-8126
1439-0973
DOI:10.1007/s15010-015-0839-x