A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia
Mucormycosis is an infection that can manifest in many forms and is an emerging complication in several health care procedures. Portals of entry can be attributed to surgical procedures and medical devices such as chest tubes; however, the skin and gastrointestinal tract are the most common sites of...
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| author | Mansoor Mehmood Ruba A Halloush Faisal A Khasawneh |
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| description | Mucormycosis is an infection that can manifest in many forms and is an emerging complication in several health care procedures. Portals of entry can be attributed to surgical procedures and medical devices such as chest tubes; however, the skin and gastrointestinal tract are the most common sites of infection and outbreaks have been traced to adhesive bandages, wooden tongue depressors and ostomy bags. This article describes the presentation, work-up, diagnosis and treatment of an East Asian immigrant who was admitted with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cea7830c76f94767a9fc9d648f97af942025-02-03T05:52:45ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412014-01-0121420821010.1155/2014/614148A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary PneumoniaMansoor Mehmood0Ruba A Halloush1Faisal A Khasawneh2Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, USAAmarillo Pathology Group, Amarillo, Texas, USASection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, USAMucormycosis is an infection that can manifest in many forms and is an emerging complication in several health care procedures. Portals of entry can be attributed to surgical procedures and medical devices such as chest tubes; however, the skin and gastrointestinal tract are the most common sites of infection and outbreaks have been traced to adhesive bandages, wooden tongue depressors and ostomy bags. This article describes the presentation, work-up, diagnosis and treatment of an East Asian immigrant who was admitted with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/614148 |
| spellingShingle | Mansoor Mehmood Ruba A Halloush Faisal A Khasawneh A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia |
| title_full | A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia |
| title_short | A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia |
| title_sort | 29 year old man with hospital acquired cavitary pneumonia |
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