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

Joint Authors

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

Source

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-12-24

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Vikum, Daniel& Nordøy, Ingvild& Torp Andersen, Cecilie& Fevang, Børre& Line, Pål-Dag& Kolrud, Finn Kristian…[et al.]. 2017. A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Vikum, Daniel…[et al.]. A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Vikum, Daniel& Nordøy, Ingvild& Torp Andersen, Cecilie& Fevang, Børre& Line, Pål-Dag& Kolrud, Finn Kristian…[et al.]. A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146287

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1146287