Combination antifungal therapy without craniotomy in an immunocompromised patient with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report

• Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Salehi (Author), Farhad Shahi (Author), Fatema Sadaat Rizvi (Author), Sara Ghaderkhani (Author), Hamed Zainaldain (Author), Sadegh Khodavaysi (Author), Saeed Reza Jamali-Moghaddam (Author), Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi (Author), Omid Rezahosseini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Mucormycosis is an uncommon fungal infection caused by the members of the order Mucorales. In susceptible patients, mucormycosis can infect any tissue or organ, and without suitable treatment (i.e., debridement and antifungal therapy), this infection can be fatal. Our patient was a woman...