Nonfatal gastric mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient
Martinez, E.J.; Cancio, M.R.; Sinnott, J.T.; Vincent, A.L.; Brantley, S.G.
Southern Medical Journal 90(3): 341-344
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 9076311 Document Number: 484066
Mucormycosis historically has caused substantial morbidity with high mortality in renal transplant patients with disseminated and/or rhinocerebral infection and in patients with gastrointestinal illness regardless of predisposing conditions. We report the first successful treatment of gastric mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient and review presumed pathogenic mechanisms of mucormycosis in renal transplant recipients as well as historical data.