Abela, Lucia; Toelle, Sandra P; Hackenberg, Annette; Scheer, Ianina; Güngör, Tayfun; Plecko, Barbara (2013). Fatal outcome of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis due to bilateral internal carotid occlusion in a child after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 32(10):1149-1150.
Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a rare fulminant opportunistic fungal infection that particularly occurs in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of fatal invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis complicated by bilateral thrombotic occlusion of the internal carotid artery with consequent cerebral infarction in a 5-year-old boy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute pre-B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a rare fulminant opportunistic fungal infection that particularly occurs in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of fatal invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis complicated by bilateral thrombotic occlusion of the internal carotid artery with consequent cerebral infarction in a 5-year-old boy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute pre-B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Children's Hospital Zurich > Medical Clinic |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 610 Medicine & health |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Health Sciences > Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health Sciences > Microbiology (medical) Health Sciences > Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Deposited On: | 27 Jan 2014 15:38 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2020 11:34 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31829e69e7 |
| PubMed ID: | 24067555 |
Abela, Lucia