Thoracic mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients.

Karthik PanchanatheeswaranDuvuru RamSreevathsa PrasadBheemanathi Hanuman SrinivasDurgaprasad RathBathal Vedagiri SaiChandranHemachandren Munuswamy

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)

Mucormycosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in the management of immunocompetent patients in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin and a mediastinal mass. Early and aggressive surgical management along with systemic antifungal treatment improves the survival in this subset of patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
spinal cord injury
lymph node
patient reported
drug induced