A case of invasive pulmonary mucormycosis resulting from short courses of corticosteroids in a well-controlled diabetic patient
2020
Kathy Hoang | Tony Abdo | J. Matthew Reinersman | Rufei Lu | Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita
A patient with well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus developed a severe pulmonary infection secondary to Rhizopus spp. after receiving short courses of corticosteroids for a respiratory tract infection. He recovered after an aggressive surgical intervention and treatment with isavuconazole. Patients on chronic corticosteroid therapy have a higher risk for pulmonary mucormycosis, but there are much fewer reports of mucormycosis occurring in patients after only short courses of steroid therapy.
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