Invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient – the need for prompt treatment

Invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient – the need for prompt treatment

Mucormycosis is a rare life threatening fungal infection predominately seen in immunocompromised or diabetic patients. The following case is of a known type II diabetic patient who presented with sepsis and sudden unilateral loss of vision secondary to infective rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. T...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Chow, Sheema Khan, Adeola Balogun, David Mitchell, Fritz A. Mühlschlegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Mucorales
Rhizopus arrhizus
Liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome)
Posaconazole
Deferasirox
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000542

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