title: Mucormycosis: an unusual cause of gastric perforation and severe bleeding in immunocompetent patients.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal opportunistic infection that especially occurs in immunocompromised patients. Primary gastrointestinal infection is uncommon and accounts for only approximately 7% of all cases of mucormycosis but it is associated with an 85% mortality rate due to perforation and massive bleeding. Very few cases of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host have been reported. We describe a case of gastric necrosis and massive bleeding due to fulminant invasive mucormycosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía general y del aparato digestiv, Hospital del Mar, España.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sánchez Velázquez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de cirugía general y del aparato digestiv, Hospital de Mar, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pera
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía patológica, Hospital de Mar, España.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.affiliation: Hospital del Mar-Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zapatero
authors.affiliation: Servicio de medicina intensiva, Hospital de Mar, España.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nolla
authors.affiliation: Servicio de cirugía general y del aparato digestiv, Hospital de Mar, España.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pera
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery