Disseminated mucormycosis in an adolescent with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
We report a 16-year-old, previously healthy female who presented with disseminated mucormycosis leading to multiorgan failure and death with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus and ketoacidosis. We review previous reported cases of mucormycosis in children with diabetes to demonstrate that this uncommon invasive infection may cause significant morbidity and mortality in this population.
From the *Department of Anesthesiology, †Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Michael C
MC
McCrory
Blake A
BA
Moore
Thomas A
TA
Nakagawa
Laurence B
LB
Givner
Donald R
DR
Jason
Elizabeth L
EL
Palavecino
Samuel J
SJ
Ajizian
D000293:Adolescent; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure