Gastrointestinal mucormycosis resulting in a catastrophic outcome in an immunocompetent patient

Abstract

We present a case of a middle-aged female who was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection and subsequently developed an acute surgical abdomen secondary to a perforated viscous. She was found to have mucormycosis of the intestinal tract and eventually succumbed to the sequelae of the infection.

Keywords

• Mucormycosis
• gastrointestinal tract
• gastrointestinal bleeding