Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine  2015;30(4):323-328

doi:10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.4.323

Disseminated Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis in Immunocompromised Disease.

Tae Sun HA ; Chi Min PARK ; Jeong Hoon YANG ; Yang Hyun CHO ; Chi Ryang CHUNG ; Kyeongman JEON ; Gee Young SUH

Keywords

gastrointestinal tract; immunocompromised host; mucormycosis

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic fungal infection mostly affecting immunocompromised patients and gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening. We describe a 31-year-old man with a history of idiopathic cyclic neutropenia who developed perforations of the stomach and intestine and intra-abdominal bleeding due to disseminated gastrointestinal mucormycosis after the initial operation.