Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Ketoacidosis Patient: A Case Report
Siddanagouda Biradar1, Shivraj N Patil2, Deepak Kadeli3
1Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College , Vijayapur, Karnataka, India .
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR
|July 21, 2016
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is the name given to several different diseases caused by fungi of the order mucorales. It is commonly seen in patients with decreased immunity like patients with chronic renal failure, organ transplantation, neutropenia and most commonly in those with poorly controlled diabetes. We present a case of 55-year-old diabetic man who presented with headache and fever diagnosed with pulmonary and maxillary sinus mucormycosis presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis.


