title: Possible pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection in a previously healthy child after a near-drowning incident.
abstract: This article reports on a previously healthy 17-month-old boy who developed pulmonary mucormycosis after a near-drowning incident in a goose pond. The patient survived without neurological sequelae and recovered, under treatment with amphotericin B, from the rare and often invasive fungal infection with Rhizopus spp., usually occurring in immunodeficient patients.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Magdalena M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gerlach
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lippmann
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kobelt
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petzold-Quinque
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Wieland
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kiess
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. manuela.siekmeyer@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siekmeyer
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis; D015701:Near Drowning; D012233:Rhizopus
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B
keywords: Cooling procedure; Near-drowning; Pulmonary mucormycosis; Rhizopus spp.