Pulmonary mucormycosis in the aftermath of critical COVID-19 in an immunocompromised patient: Mind the diagnostic gap - 25/03/22
Abstract |
Mucormycosis has recently been recognized as a severe complication of COVID-19 with high fatality rates. We report a fatal case of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) in a non-diabetic immunocompromised patient, who was first misdiagnosed and treated for COVID-19 associated aspergillosis (CAPA). The risk factors and initial clinical presentation of CAPA and CAM are similar, but CAM has a more aggressive course and CAPA and CAM are treated differently. Dedicated diagnostic workup is essential to ensure early treatment of CAM with surgical debridement and targeted antifungal therapy.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : COVID-19, Mucormycosis, Immunosuppression, SARS-COV-2, Rhizopus microsporum, Invasive fungal infection
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