Invasive, gangrenous mucormycosis of arm: A fatal opportunistic infection in a highly immunocompromised host
Opportunistic fungal infections occur predominantly in immunocompromised (IC) patients. Mucormycosis has the highest mortality among fungal infections. The organism is ubiquitous in its presence. The infection is commonly acquired by inhalation of fungal spores or by inoculation by direct trauma. Rh...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | Vijayanth Kanagaraju (Author), Venkatesh Kumar Narayanasamy (Author), Sanjeev Sukumaran (Author), Udaya Moorthy (Author), V Shyam Sundar (Author), S Vidhya Lakshmi (Author) |
---|---|
Format: | Book |
Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Connect to this object online. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Fournier's gangrene with testicular infarction caused by mucormycosis
by: Santosh Kumar, et al.
Published: (2011) -
Fatal Disseminated Mucormycosis in a Hematological Immunocompromised Patient with Extensive Voriconazole Exposure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
by: Victoria S. Humphrey, et al.
Published: (2020) -
Opportunist Coinfections by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Fungi in Immunocompromised Patients
by: Ines Joao, et al.
Published: (2020) -
Cutaneous mucormycosis arising in the skin folds of immunocompromised patients: A case series
by: Renajd Rrapi, BA, et al.
Published: (2021) -
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Resulting from Hematogenous Dissemination of Rhizomucor pusillus in an Immunocompromised Patient
by: Sébastien Menzinger, et al.
Published: (2020)