Pulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic renal transplant patient
Bhowmik, D.; Dinda, A.K.; Khilnani, G.C.; Mahajan, S.; Gupta, S.; Agarwal, S.K.; Tiwari, S.C.; Dash, S.C.
Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 44(4): 275-277
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-9343 PMID: 12437244 Document Number: 544763
A 50-year-old male, diabetic, post transplant patient had recurrent pneumonia. The first episode responded well to antibiotics, while on the second occasion he had a necrotising pneumonia, which developed into a thick-walled cavity. Despite antibiotics, his condition rapidly deteriorated precluding bronchoscopy or percutaneous biopsy. Post-mortem lung biopsy revealed typical hyphae of mucormycosis.