Neutropenic Enterocolitis due to Mucormycosis in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Joon Woo Park1, Joo Seop Chung2, Shinwon Lee3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Infection & Chemotherapy
|November 1, 2019
Abstract:
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a fatal enterocolitis occurring in neutropenic patients with immunocompromised diseases including hematologic malignancies. Gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis in hematologic malignancies has been rarely reported. Especially, in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), GI mucormycosis has never been reported. We report a case of GI mucormocysis manifesting as neutropenic enterocolitis in a patient with MDS.
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