title: Abdominal mucormycosis in a child: a case report.
abstract: A 2-year-old Brazilian female child from the countryside in Bahia State presented with pain in the right flank of the abdomen, accompanied by a daily fever for about 2 weeks before admission. A large mass in the abdomen was resected by the surgical team. The biopsies revealed the mass was an intra-abdominal mucormycosis. However, the diagnosis was late, and despite treatment (amphotericin B) initiation, the patient eventually died.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica, Hospital Martagão Gesteira, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.|Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica, Hospital Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe Rezende Caino de
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica, Hospital Martagão Gesteira, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nimara Grace Cardoso Batista
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica, Hospital Martagão Gesteira, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana de Oliveira
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica, Hospital Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colleti
authors.affiliation: Instituto da Crianca , Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Werther Brunow de
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000009:adverse effects; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery