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A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy.

Daniel VikumIngvild NordøyCecilie Torp AndersenBørre FevangPål Dag LineFinn Kristian KolrudPål AukrustTrond Buanes
Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2017)
A 24-year-old woman with coeliac disease and transient neutropenia developed mucormycosis with extensive involvement of the liver and small intestine. She was successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridements and long-term antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole.
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