1/8. Disseminated mucormycosis in healthy adults.Three patients of disseminated mucormycosis are described. None had predisposing factors. Two of them presented with nonspecific symptoms along with acute renal failure and peritonitis. Third patient had fulminating primary cutaneous mucormycosis which disseminated later. Development of acute renal failure with smooth enlargement of both kidneys in an apparently healthy individual or appearance of mould in a wound should raise the suspicion of mucormycosis. The hallmark of the infection was vascular invasion and thrombosis. Antemortem diagnosis could be made in one patient only. All patients had progressive downhill course despite supportive treatment, antibiotic and amphotericin in-B in one patient.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/8. Disseminated mucormycosis due to Saksenaea vasiformis in an immunocompetent adult.A case of disseminated infection due to Saksenaea vasiformis in a previously well adult male is presented. The clinical presentation was that of septic shock with a distinctive rash. At postmortem, endocarditis and widespread dissemination were evident.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.57142857142857keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/8. Pulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic renal transplant patient.A 50-year-old male, diabetic, post transplant patient had recurrent pneumonia. The first episode responded well to antibiotics, while on the second occasion he had a necrotising pneumonia, which developed into a thick-walled cavity. Despite antibiotics, his condition rapidly deteriorated precluding bronchoscopy or percutaneous biopsy. Post-mortem lung biopsy revealed typical hyphae of mucormycosis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.71428571428571keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/8. Central venous catheter-associated fungemia secondary to mucormycosis.mucormycosis can cause fatal infections in immuno-compromised persons. Rhinocerebral and pulmonary disease predominate. Diagnosis is challenging, dissemination frequent, and mortality high. Positive blood cultures are rare. We report the first case of central venous catheter-associated mucormycosis fungemia (Mucor circinelloides). early diagnosis and multi-modal therapy led to clinical and microbiological cure.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.71428571428571keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/8. zygomycosis (mucormycosis) and hiv infection: report of three cases and review.We report three cases of zygomycosis (mucormycosis) occurring in three individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and review 12 other published cases. We present the only two case reports of disseminated zygomycosis in AIDS patients, and the only AIDS patient with renal zygomycosis to survive without nephrectomy, receiving intravenous (i.v.) amphotericin alone. coinfection with zygomycosis and hiv is rare, occurs primarily in patients with low CD4 lymphocyte counts, does not always require the usual predisposing conditions for zygomycosis, and may be the presenting opportunistic infection among hiv-infected persons. Transient episodes of neutropenia occurring within 4 months before presentation may be a risk factor for this disease. zygomycosis may arise in multiple sites including the basal ganglia, cutaneous tissue, kidney, respiratory tract, and may be disseminated. Occurring more commonly in, but not restricted to, injection drug users, it is significantly associated with sites other than basal ganglia in those patients with advanced hiv disease or AIDS. The presenting symptoms are related to the site of involvement, and the illness may develop insidiously or progress rapidly to a fulminant course. Successful therapy usually consists of surgical debridement and intravenous amphotericin b. overall mortality in this review is 40%, and is significantly associated with sites of disease inaccessible to surgical debridement.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.71428571428571keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/8. aeromonas hydrophila myonecrosis accompanying mucormycosis five years after bone marrow transplantation.A 36-year-old man, five years after bone marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia, was admitted with myonecrosis of the forearm after he had immersed his hand in sewage water several days prior to his admission. blood cultures and specimens taken from the necrotic tissue of the arm all grew aeromonas hydrophila. Following extension of the infection, the patient underwent amputation of the arm but ultimately died of cerebral mucormycosis. The epidemiology of Aeromonas infections is discussed and the literature of Aeromonas myonecrosis is reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.71428571428571keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/8. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in an apparently normal host: a case report.mucormycosis is a rare fungal disease commonly affecting individuals with diabetes mellitus, hematological malignancy, and immune deficiency. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis is extremely rare. This article reports a case of isolated pulmonary mucormycosis that presented as a solitary cavity infiltrate in a patient with no underlying risk factors.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.85714285714286keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/8. Disseminated mucormycosis presenting with lower extremity weakness.mucormycosis is an uncommon, but important opportunistic fungal infection. The most commonly reported areas of infection are pulmonary, rhinocerebral and cutaneous. It has only rarely been reported to cause peripheral neurological symptoms. This report presents the case of a patient who presented with ascending paralysis due to pulmonary mucormycosis. The presentation is believed to be due to a lesion which abutted the vertebral column and caused infarction of the spinal cord.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.71428571428571keywords = mucormycosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |