A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy

  • Vikum D
  • Nordøy I
  • Torp Andersen C
  • et al.
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A 24-year-old woman with coeliac disease and transient neutropenia developed mucormycosis with extensive involvement of the liver and small intestine. She was successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridements and long-term antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole.

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Vikum, D., Nordøy, I., Torp Andersen, C., Fevang, B., Line, P. D., Kolrud, F. K., … Buanes, T. (2017). A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4173246

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