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29 September 2015

Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis Resulting in a Catastrophic Outcome in an Immunocompetent Patient

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Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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Department of Pathology, Gastroenterology and Surgery, Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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Infect. Dis. Rep.2015, 7(3), 6031;https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2015.6031
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We present a case of a middle-aged female who was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory infection and subsequently developed an acute surgical abdomen secondary to a perforated viscous. She was found to have mucormycosis of the intestinal tract and eventually succumbed to the sequelae of the infection.

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