Pulmonary mucormycosis in an adolescent female with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Erik Pennell,
Iris Pecson,
Craig Nakamura,
Alvaro E. Galvis
Affiliations
Erik Pennell
Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Iris Pecson
Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Craig Nakamura
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Las Vegas, NV, USA; Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Alvaro E. Galvis
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Las Vegas, NV, USA; Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, NV, USA; Corresponding author at: University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Lied Clinic, 1524 Pinto Lane Second Floor, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, USA.
Mucormycosis is a relatively rare, life-threatening and opportunistic infection that affects immunocompromised patients. We present the unusual case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a 13-year-old Caucasian female that had recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Our case serves as an example to healthcare providers treating immunosuppressed patients with pneumonia to have a high clinical suspicion for fungal infections, as delay in diagnosis and treatment can result in disseminated disease and higher patient mortality risk. Keywords: Mucormycosis, Diabetes mellitus, Invasive fungal infections, Complications of diabetes mellitus
