title: [Infection by Mucorales fungi].
abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection of immunosuppressed patients. We describe here 5 cases of mucormycosis: three with facial and eye involvement, one with lung involvement and one affecting skin and joints. All five patients had underlying diseases: diabetes, leukemia, lymphoma, neoplasia and AIDS. Four patients were treated with amphotericin B and also with surgical debridement. Infection could be controlled only in two patients. Both survived but with major sequelae. In two additional patients, death was directly related to the infection and the remaining patient was lost to follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pintado
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López-Dupla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Infección por hongos mucorales.