title: Cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic man.
abstract: Cerebral mucormycosis without systemic foci of involvement is a rare life-threatening fungal infection that is reported to be more common in intravenous drug abusers. We present a case of isolated cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient diagnosed through excision and biopsy and treated with combination of surgery and amphotericin with posaconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032, USA.
authors.forename: Edilfavia Mae
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Uy
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rustagi
authors.forename: Surendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khera
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D014230:Triazoles; C101425:posaconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B