title: [Four patients with mucormycosis in a postoperative recovery unit].
abstract: Mucormycosis, a rare opportunistic infection caused by fungi belonging to the Mucorales order, is a potentially fatal disease. We describe 4 patients with mucormycosis. Risk factors (chronic renal insufficiency and chronic lung disease treated with corticosteroids) were identified for 2 of the patients who did not respond favorably to appropriate surgical and medical treatment. Of the 2 remaining patients, only the one with milder disease responded to treatment. The prognosis for this opportunistic infection, whose low incidence has increased in postoperative intensive care units, is very poor if early treatment is not given.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapeútica del Dolor, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina de Badajoz.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Macías Pingar rón
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: del Cojo Peces
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zambrano Castaño
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Torrado Criado
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jiménez Vizuete
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*