Medical Management of Gastric Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient 2746

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

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