Invasive Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis.

Abstract

Invasive mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that can be devastating in immunosuppressed patients. Gastrointestinal infection is rare, but carries among the highest mortality rates of its major clinical presentations. We present a case of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a patient who underwent recent chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. Initial histopathology revealed cytomegalovirus infection, which was treated before subsequent diagnosis of mucormycosis on repeat bowel biopsy. Our case highlights a myriad of risk factors that increase the potential for serious infection by this pervasive fungus.

• Authors: Boris Zhong, Tyson Amundsen, Christopher Farmer
• Journal: ACG case reports journal (ACG Case Rep J) Vol. 10 Issue 9 Pg. e01161 (Sep 2023) ISSN: 2326-3253 [Print] United States
• PMID: 37753101 (Publication Type: Case Reports)
• Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology.