Tumor shape pulmonary mucormycosis associated with sinonasal aspergillosis in a diabetic patient

Tumor shape pulmonary mucormycosis associated with sinonasal aspergillosis in a diabetic patient

Mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening fungal infection of the Mucorales order occurring mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The most common forms are rhinocerebral but pulmonary or disseminated forms may occur. We report the case of a 61-year-old patient in whom pulmonary mucormycosis was dia...

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Main Authors: Sophie Point, Frédéric Gabriel, Hugues Bégueret, Jacques Jougon, Fanny Lanternier, Frédéric Grenouillet, Manal Abdel Fattah, Emilie Catherinot, Chantal Raherison, Elodie Blanchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Pulmonary mucormycosis
Sinusal aspergillosis
Fungal infection
Bronchial obstruction
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300465
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Summary:Mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening fungal infection of the Mucorales order occurring mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The most common forms are rhinocerebral but pulmonary or disseminated forms may occur. We report the case of a 61-year-old patient in whom pulmonary mucormycosis was diagnosed during his first-ever episode of diabetic ketoacidosis. While receiving liposomal amphotericin B, a sinusal aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus occurred. Evolution was slowly favorable under antifungal tritherapy by liposomal amphotericin B, posaconazole and caspofungin.
ISSN:2211-7539

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