title: Acute ischemia of bilateral lower extremities as a presenting feature of disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis: A case report.
abstract: Disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare, and only a few cases have actually been reported in the literature. It is almost universally fatal despite aggressive surgical and medical management. In this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old immunocompromised male with mucormycosis endocarditis, who presented with acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia and passed away due to subsequent multi-organ failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of disseminated mucormycosis native valve endocarditis presenting as acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA; niranjantachamo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tachamo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Salik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nazir
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Saroj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lohani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Le
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: acute lower extremity ischemia; disseminated; fungal endocarditis; mucormycosis; native valve