Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis
Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital...
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| author | Cecilia Mouronte-Roibás Virginia Leiro-Fernández Maribel Botana-Rial Cristina Ramos-Hernández Guillermo Lago-Preciado Concepción Fiaño-Valverde Alberto Fernández-Villar |
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| description | Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital due to an H1N1 infection. The subject’s clinical condition worsened and he finally died because of a necrotizing bilateral pneumonia with disseminated mycotic thromboses due to Lichtheimia ramosa, which is an emerging Mucoralean fungus. This is an infrequent case because of the extent to which it affected a subject without overt immunocompromise. This case underlines the importance of an early premortem diagnosis and treatment in order to prevent rapid progression of this disease, as well as the need of considering mucormycosis when facing subjects with multiple emboli and fever unresponsive to usual antimicrobials. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5dc6dc87384f4c738ca3190f237e13382025-08-20T02:06:00ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411916-72452016-01-01201610.1155/2016/21782182178218Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of MucormycosisCecilia Mouronte-Roibás0Virginia Leiro-Fernández1Maribel Botana-Rial2Cristina Ramos-Hernández3Guillermo Lago-Preciado4Concepción Fiaño-Valverde5Alberto Fernández-Villar6Pulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, NeumoVigoI+i Research Group, Vigo Biomedical Research Institute (IBIV), Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainPulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, NeumoVigoI+i Research Group, Vigo Biomedical Research Institute (IBIV), Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainPulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, NeumoVigoI+i Research Group, Vigo Biomedical Research Institute (IBIV), Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainPulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, NeumoVigoI+i Research Group, Vigo Biomedical Research Institute (IBIV), Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainCritical Care Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainPathology Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainPulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, EOXI Vigo, NeumoVigoI+i Research Group, Vigo Biomedical Research Institute (IBIV), Estrada Clara Campoamor No. 341, 36312 Vigo, SpainMucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital due to an H1N1 infection. The subject’s clinical condition worsened and he finally died because of a necrotizing bilateral pneumonia with disseminated mycotic thromboses due to Lichtheimia ramosa, which is an emerging Mucoralean fungus. This is an infrequent case because of the extent to which it affected a subject without overt immunocompromise. This case underlines the importance of an early premortem diagnosis and treatment in order to prevent rapid progression of this disease, as well as the need of considering mucormycosis when facing subjects with multiple emboli and fever unresponsive to usual antimicrobials.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2178218 |
| spellingShingle | Cecilia Mouronte-Roibás Virginia Leiro-Fernández Maribel Botana-Rial Cristina Ramos-Hernández Guillermo Lago-Preciado Concepción Fiaño-Valverde Alberto Fernández-Villar Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis |
| title_full | Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis |
| title_fullStr | Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis |
| title_short | Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis |
| title_sort | lichtheimia ramosa a fatal case of mucormycosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2178218 |
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