Gastrointestinal mucormycosis resulting in a catastrophic outcome in an immunocompetent patient
We present a case of a middle-aged female who was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection and subsequently developed an acute surgical abdomen secondary to a perforated viscous. She was found to have mucormycosis of the intestinal tract and eventually succumbed to the sequelae of the i...
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Main Authors: | Suresh J. Antony (Author), Monisha S. Parikh (Author), Ruben Ramirez (Author), Bruce Applebaum (Author), Glen Friedman (Author), Jennifer Do (Author) |
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2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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