A Case Report of Pulmonary Mucoromycosis in a diabetic patient

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M Asefzadeh,*
*Corresponding Author: Email: [email protected]

Journal of Inflammatory Diseases:Vol. 4, issue 2; 96-100
Published online:Sep 30, 2000
Article type:Case Report
How to Cite:Asefzadeh M. A Case Report of Pulmonary Mucoromycosis in a diabetic patient. J Inflamm Dis. 2000;4(2):e154719. doi:

Abstract

Abstract Mucoromycosis infections are caused by Fungi in zygomycetes class (order mucorales). Clinical infections are usually manifested as Nasopharyngial, Cutaneous, Pulmonary or Disseminated diseases. Generally the infection is found only in immunocompromised hosts. This report presents a young diabetic man in Boali Cina hospital of Qazvin whosepulmonary biopsy indicates mucoromycosis pneumonia. Surgical debridment and IVadministration of Amphotricin B was performent for treatment measures in a period of 8weeks.

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© 2000, Journal of Inflammatory Diseases. This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which allows for the copying and redistribution of the material only for noncommercial purposes, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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