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Published on: November 5, 2019
Invasive Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis
Boris Zhong1, Tyson Amundsen2, Christopher Farmer3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX.
Abstract:
Invasive mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that can be devastating in immunosuppressed patients. Gastrointestinal infection is rare, but carries among the highest mortality rates of its major clinical presentations. We present a case of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient who underwent recent chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. Initial histopathology revealed cytomegalovirus infection, which was treated before subsequent diagnosis of mucormycosis on repeat bowel biopsy. Our case highlights a myriad of risk factors that increase the potential for serious infection by this pervasive fungus.
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