How could hypoglycemia-inducing glycogen storage disease lead to hyperglycemia-induced mucormycosis?

• Main Authors: Larry Nichols (Author), Diana Alejandra Rios (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: University of São Paulo, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mucormycosis is an increasingly frequent, difficult to diagnose, difficult to treat, often fatal infection, especially in patients with hyperglycemia from uncontrolled diabetes. Type I (von Gierke) glycogen storage disease is due to inherited deficiency of enzymes in glycogen metabolism, which cause...