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Primary zygomycosis of the pericardium in an immunocompetent host
Author(s) -
Vaideeswar Pradeep,
Pandit Shobhana P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01355.x
Subject(s) - mucorales , zygomycosis , mucormycosis , sternum , medicine , pericardium , etiology , pericarditis , disease , osteomyelitis , pathology , dermatology , surgery , amphotericin b , antifungal
Summary The fungi in the order Mucorales commonly target immunocompromised hosts, especially diabetics and produce fulminating respiratory and/or central nervous system infections, which are often fatal. We report primary zygomycotic pericarditis accompanied by osteomyelitis of the sternum in an immunocompetent female: a rare site and a rare setting. The disease was clinically thought to be of tuberculous aetiology and had evaded diagnosis for a year.