Bowel infarction due to intestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient.
10.4174/jkss.2012.83.5.325
- Author:
Han Lim CHOI
1
;
Yoon Mi SHIN
;
Ki Man LEE
;
Kang Hyeon CHOE
;
Hyun Jeong JEON
;
Ro Hyun SUNG
;
Kyeong Seob SHIN
;
Young Deok SHIN
;
Hyo Yung YUN
;
Young Jin SONG
;
Jae Woon CHOI
;
Dong Hee RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Cheongju, Korea. dhryu@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Immunocompetence;
Mucormycosis;
Bowel;
Infarction
- MeSH:
Humans;
Immunocompetence;
Immunocompromised Host;
Infarction;
Male;
Mucormycosis;
Pneumonia;
Shock, Septic
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2012;83(5):325-329
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is a fatal opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in immunocompromised patients. The classical manifestation of mucormycosis is a rhinocerebral infection, and although primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon, it has an extremely high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Furthermore, cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host are rarely reported. Here, we describe our experience of a male patient, with no underlying disease, who succumbed to a bowel infarction caused by intestinal mucormycosis during mechanical ventilatory care for severe pneumonia and septic shock.
