Pulmonary mucormycosis in an adolescent female with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

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