Pulmonary Mucormycosis
Hakim İrfan Showkat 1, Mahmood Gadri 1, Aliya Rashid 1, Rubina Lone 1, Arif Hussain Sarmast 1
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1 Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College and Hospital, Bemina, India

Abstract

Mucormycosis or zygomycosis is a relatively uncommon but an important oppportunistic infection that occurs almost exclusively in individuals with host defence deficiencies.We report a patient with pulmonary mucormycosis who presented with low grade fever and hyperglycemia.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2014, 52-55

https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.11.13

Publication date: 08 Jan 2014

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