Gastrointestinal mucormycosis following liver transplantation: lessons learnt.
Cirrhosis
Drugs: infectious diseases
Infection (gastroenterology)
Malignant disease and immunosuppression
Transplantation
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Sep 2023
06 Sep 2023
Historique:
pmc-release:
06
09
2025
medline:
8
9
2023
pubmed:
7
9
2023
entrez:
6
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Gastrointestinal mucormycosis (GIM) is an uncommonly encountered fungal infection following solid-organ transplantation. GIM is known to be associated with immunocompromised states, remains difficult to diagnose and often results in fatal outcomes. It is plausibly the delay in initiation of appropriate treatment strategies that leads to failure of response and patient demise. We report two cases of GIM following live donor liver transplantation, presenting with bleeding and perforation, respectively, highlighting the challenges in making a timely diagnosis of mucormycosis, particularly in immunocompromised patients.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37673462
pii: 16/9/e253460
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253460
pmc: PMC10496686
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.