title: Novel therapeutic use of Versajet for intestinal mucormycosis.
abstract: We describe the case of a 17-year-old boy who developed intestinal mucormycosis from Rhizophus oryzae (order Mucorales) following chemotherapy for the management of acute myeloid leukaemia. He underwent a hemicolectomy and further surgery utilising the pressure washing of Versajet to debride colonised fungal collections from the psoas muscle limiting the amount of surgical debridement needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Calvert
authors.forename: Dhanya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mullassery
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lamont
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016658:Psoas Muscles; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*