Medical Management of Gastric Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient 2746

Authors

Daisy Lankarani MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Ranjit Makar MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Hamza Aziz MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Muthena Maklad MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Mahendran Jayaraj MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Gordon Ohning MD; PhD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

10-1-2019

Publication Title

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume

114

First page number:

S1517

Last page number:

S1518

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening cause of invasive fungal infection largely found in immunocompromised patients. Prevalence has increased in patients without risk factors. This is a case of an otherwise healthy female, found to have invasive gastric mucormycosis, and her medical management.

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Immunopathology

Language

English

Repository Citation

Lankarani, D., Makar, R., Aziz, H., Maklad, M., Jayaraj, M., Ohning, G. (2019). Medical Management of Gastric Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient 2746. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114 S1517-S1518.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/01.ajg.0000600516.77712.cb