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KMID : 0371320120830050325
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Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2012 Volume.83 No. 5 p.325 ~ p.329
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Bowel infarction due to intestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient
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Choi Han-Lim
Shin Yoon-Mi
Lee Ki-Man
Choe Kang-Hyeon
Jeon Hyun-Jeong
Sung Ro-Hyun
Shin Kyeong-Seob
Shin Young-Deok
Yun Hyo-Yung
Song Young-Jin
Choi Jae-Woon
Ryu Dong-Hee
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Abstract
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Mucormycosis is a fatal opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in immunocompromised patients. The classical manifestation of mucormycosis is a rhinocerebral infection, and although primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon, it has an extremely high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Furthermore, cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host are rarely reported. Here, we describe our experience of a male patient, with no underlying disease, who succumbed to a bowel infarction caused by intestinal mucormycosis during mechanical ventilatory care for severe pneumonia and septic shock.
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KEYWORD
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Immunocompetence, Mucormycosis, Bowel, Infarction
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