A rare cause of pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient

Abstract

We present the case of a 69-year-old immunocompromised man admitted to our Pulmonology Unit for acute respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary mucormycosis infiltrating and occluding the left main bronchus and pulmonary artery. The patient was treated with liposomal amphotericin B, but developed severe hypokalaemia and anaemia. Despite the treatment, after 63 days, the patient died for cardiorespiratory arrest.

Keywords

• acute respiratory failure, mucormycosis, immunocompromised, hypokalaemia, anaemia