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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Aug 2004
Case Reports[Four patients with mucormycosis in a postoperative recovery unit].
- J P Macías Pingar rón, E del Cojo Peces, D Zambrano Castaño, M D Torrado Criado, and J M Jiménez Vizuete.
- Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapeútica del Dolor, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina de Badajoz.
- Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2004 Aug 1; 51 (7): 385-9.
AbstractMucormycosis, a rare opportunistic infection caused by fungi belonging to the Mucorales order, is a potentially fatal disease. We describe 4 patients with mucormycosis. Risk factors (chronic renal insufficiency and chronic lung disease treated with corticosteroids) were identified for 2 of the patients who did not respond favorably to appropriate surgical and medical treatment. Of the 2 remaining patients, only the one with milder disease responded to treatment. The prognosis for this opportunistic infection, whose low incidence has increased in postoperative intensive care units, is very poor if early treatment is not given.
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