A case of pulmonary mucormycosis with limited clinical signs and symptoms in a controlled diabetic patient

Authors

Farhad Malek,*, Mojtaba Malek, Jafer Tosi, MohammadReza Tamadon, Mehrdad Zahmatkesh
*Corresponding Author: Email: [email protected]

Koomesh:Vol. 10, issue 1; 73-77
Published online:Oct 24, 2008
Article type:Case Report
How to Cite:Malek F, Malek M, Tosi J, Tamadon M, Zahmatkesh M. A case of pulmonary mucormycosis with limited clinical signs and symptoms in a controlled diabetic patient. koomesh. 2008;10(1):e152222. doi:

Abstract

Pulmonary mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection. It usually affects immunocompromised patients with poorly controlled blood glucose and ketoacidosis. The diagnosis of mucormycosis is very hard, particularly in severely immunocompromised patients. Here we describe a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a well controlled diabetic patient who had limited clinical signs and symptoms. The patient was unsuccessfully treated with amphotericin B and died. This report seems to be a rare case of pulmonary mucormycosis in well controlled diabetes mellitus

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© 2008, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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