title: Gastrointestinal mucormycosis--four cases with different risk factors, involving different anatomical sites.
abstract: Mucormycosis of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare infection that usually occurs in patients who are immunocompromised and carries a high mortality. We report four cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis seen over a one year period with different presentations, risk factors and different anatomical sites of involvement. A preoperative diagnosis was made only in one patient. All underwent surgery, three survived and one died postoperatively from multiorgan failure.
authors: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110 060, India. slalwani2008@yahoo.com
authors: Shailendra
authors: S
authors: Lalwani
authors: Mahendran
authors: M
authors: Govindasamy
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Gupta
authors: Fouzia
authors: F
authors: Siraj
authors: Vibha
authors: V
authors: Varma
authors: Naimaish
authors: N
authors: Mehta
authors: Vinay
authors: V
authors: Kumaran
authors: Neelam
authors: N
authors: Mohan
authors: Prem
authors: P
authors: Chopra
authors: Anil
authors: A
authors: Arora
authors: Shyam
authors: S
authors: Agarwal
authors: Arvinder
authors: A
authors: Soin
authors: Samiran
authors: S
authors: Nundy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B