A case of pulmonary mucormycosis and literature review
WANG Ran
ZHANG Xiaohua
XU Bo
WU Xiaofei
Abstract：An 83 year-old female was admitted to hospital with"fever with cough and sputum for 2 days"as the main complaint.The patient had a history of diabetes,multiple infectious lesions in both lungs with bilateral pleural effusion and mediastinal lymph node enlargement.The complex group of Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus microsporus was cultured in the first sputum,and the complex group of Rhizopus microsporus was cultured in the second sputum.After 2 weeks treatment of esaconazole injection,oral esaconazole was substituted,and symptoms improved significantly.After 27 days of hospitalization,he was discharged and continue to oral esaconazole.Chest CT reexamination after 3 months of treatment showed obvious absorption.
Keywords：pulmonary mucormycosisesaconazoledibabetes
Publication Date：2025-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 69-72 )