Hepatic mucormycosis with abscess formation

Henry Su; George R. Thompson; Stuart H. Cohen

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.021

Hepatic mucormycosis with abscess formation

Henry Su, George R. Thompson, Stuart H. Cohen

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Abstract

We describe a case of hepatic mucormycosis with abscess, an uncommon presentation of mucormycetes infection. Our patient was initially treated with transcutaneous pigtail catheter placement, liposomal amphotericin B, and micafungin without improvement. The patient subsequently improved after hepatic segmentectomy and hemidiaphragm resection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	192-194
Number of pages	3
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	73
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.021
State	Published - Jun 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fungal abscess
Hepatic abscess
Mucor
Mucormycosis
Zygomycosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Hepatic mucormycosis with abscess formation

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