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Colonic mucormycosis in solid organ transplantation: Case report and review of the literature (colonic mucormycosis after DDLT)
Author(s) -
Petrochko Jameson Moore,
Abrahamian Gregory,
Cigarroa Francisco,
Thomas Elizabeth
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.13362
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , organ transplantation , transplantation , mycosis , surgery
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that can occur throughout the body and carries a high mortality. Colonic mucormycosis is an uncommon form of the disease whose successful treatment relies upon a high degree of clinical suspicion and early, often empiric, therapy. We report colonic mucormycosis in a liver transplant patient and review the literature on colonic mucormycosis in solid organ transplant recipients.