Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recip...

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Hauptverfasser: Pedemonte-Sarrias, Gabriel, Gras-Cabrerizo, Juan Ramon, Rodríguez-Álvarez, Fernando, Montserrat-Gili, Joan Ramon, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Sprache:eng
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Diabetes mellitus
Fungal infection
Heart transplant recipient
Immunocompromised
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
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Zusammenfassung:Mucormycosis is an opportunistic acute fungal infection with a high mortality rate seen in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in heart transplant recipients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is the most frequently observed presentation. We report a case of RM in a heart transplant recipient 5-month after the procedure, with a fatal outcome.