Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recip...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:185826 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/185826 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.4103/0973-029X.174635 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Diabetes mellitus Fungal infection Heart transplant recipient Immunocompromised Rhinocerebral mucormycosis |
| Sumario: | Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recipient 5-month after the procedure, with a fatal outcome. |
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