title: Bowel infarction due to intestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a fatal opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in immunocompromised patients. The classical manifestation of mucormycosis is a rhinocerebral infection, and although primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon, it has an extremely high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Furthermore, cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host are rarely reported. Here, we describe our experience of a male patient, with no underlying disease, who succumbed to a bowel infarction caused by intestinal mucormycosis during mechanical ventilatory care for severe pneumonia and septic shock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Han Lim
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yoon Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Ki Man
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kang Hyeon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Hyun Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Ro Hyun
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Kyeong Seob
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Young Deok
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Hyo Yung
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jae-Woon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ryu