Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2002 Jul;25(1):43-47.
A Case Intestinal Mucormycosis Healing of Ulcer after Only Amphotericin B Treatment
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine, Ghil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. pdk66@ghil.com
- 2Department of Pathology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Ghil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
Abstract
- Mucormycosis is an uncommon, frequently fatal, opportunistic fungal infection and usually occur in immunocompromised patients. Rhinocerebral and pulmonary disease are the common forms but intestinal infection is an extremely rare form of the disease. Invasive intestinal mucormycosis is usually fatal, therefore, few cases reported survival after early diagnosis and surgical resection combined with antifungal treatment. Because of high mortality after surgery, the healing of ulcers caused by intestinal mucormycosis has not previously observed in immunocompromised host. We reported a case of the intestinal mucormycosis that had been healed the ulcer and symptomatic improvement after only amphotericin B.
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