REVISTA ARGENTINA DE MEDICINA
Mucormicosis hepática en un paciente inmunosuprimido
By Mariana Soledad Barnes, Julieta Minetti, Carolina Osuna and 1 others.
Abstract
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales (class Zygomycetes) with the most common sites of infection being the rhino-orbital-cerebral region and the lungs, although a few cases of liver involvement have been reported. Patients with malignant haematological neoplasms are the most susceptible population to invasive mucormycosis. We present a case of hepatic mucormycosis in a patient with a history of HIV and high-grade diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with central nervous system involvement to highlight this condition in this population and facilitate early diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- invasive mucormycosis
- Mucorales
- immunosuppression
- HIV
- non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- central nervous system involvement
- liver infection
- fungal infection
- Open access
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