An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Mucormycosis
We report the case of a female who presented with nonresolving pneumonia and was found to have uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. She was given multiple antibiotics and antivirals from multiple hospitals. No organism was isolated from sputum/bronchoalveolar lavage/pleural fluid. Finally, she underwent Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and drainage of lung abscess and was diagnosed to have pulmonary mucormycosis.
Authors
- Arjun Padmanabhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-6637)
- Rajalakshmi Arjun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-183X)
- Shaji Palangadan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8003-8011)
- Kalpana Elizabeth John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6355-8170)
- S. Rohith
- Thasneem Sharafudeen
- K. A. Ameer
Institutions
- Kalpavriksh (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Advanced Lung Health
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jalh.jalh_28_24
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00