Invasive, gangrenous mucormycosis of arm: A fatal opportunistic infection in a highly immunocompromised host

• 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: article
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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...