Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2017)

A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy

  • Daniel Vikum,
  • Ingvild Nordøy,
  • Cecilie Torp Andersen,
  • Børre Fevang,
  • Pål Dag Line,
  • Finn Kristian Kolrud,
  • Pål Aukrust,
  • Trond Buanes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4173246
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017

Abstract

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A 24-year-old woman with coeliac disease and transient neutropenia developed mucormycosis with extensive involvement of the liver and small intestine. She was successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridements and long-term antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole.