Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report
Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection and the gastrointestinal form is the rarest. Rhizopus sp. is the most frequent pathogen and infection occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. We describe the first case of intestinal mucormycosis occurring after a Streptococcus pyo...
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| author | Jean-François Roussy Catherine Allard Guy St-Germain Jacques Pépin |
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| description | Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection and the gastrointestinal form is the rarest. Rhizopus sp. is the most frequent pathogen and infection occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. We describe the first case of intestinal mucormycosis occurring after a Streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in a previously healthy patient caused by Rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d172345991b4d43b0e954baecdcd38c2025-08-20T03:34:10ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332012-01-01201210.1155/2012/476719476719Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case ReportJean-François Roussy0Catherine Allard1Guy St-Germain2Jacques Pépin3Département de Microbiologie et de Maladies Infectieuses, Université de Sherbrooke, CHUS 3001, 12ème Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, CanadaDépartement de Microbiologie et de Maladies Infectieuses, Université de Sherbrooke, CHUS 3001, 12ème Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, CanadaLaboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec 20045, Chemin Sainte-Marie Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R5, CanadaDépartement de Microbiologie et de Maladies Infectieuses, Université de Sherbrooke, CHUS 3001, 12ème Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, CanadaMucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection and the gastrointestinal form is the rarest. Rhizopus sp. is the most frequent pathogen and infection occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. We describe the first case of intestinal mucormycosis occurring after a Streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in a previously healthy patient caused by Rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/476719 |
| spellingShingle | Jean-François Roussy Catherine Allard Guy St-Germain Jacques Pépin Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report |
| title_full | Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report |
| title_short | Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis following a Streptococcus pyogenes Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Report |
| title_sort | gastrointestinal mucormycosis following a streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in a previously healthy patient a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/476719 |
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