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Published in: Infection 3/2016

01-06-2016 | Case Report

Possible pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection in a previously healthy child after a near-drowning incident

Authors: Magdalena M. Gerlach, Norman Lippmann, Louise Kobelt, Stefanie Petzold-Quinque, Lutz Ritter, Wieland Kiess, Manuela Siekmeyer

Published in: Infection | Issue 3/2016

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Abstract

This article reports on a previously healthy 17-month-old boy who developed pulmonary mucormycosis after a near-drowning incident in a goose pond. The patient survived without neurological sequelae and recovered, under treatment with amphotericin B, from the rare and often invasive fungal infection with Rhizopus spp., usually occurring in immunodeficient patients.
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Metadata
Title
Possible pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection in a previously healthy child after a near-drowning incident
Authors
Magdalena M. Gerlach
Norman Lippmann
Louise Kobelt
Stefanie Petzold-Quinque
Lutz Ritter
Wieland Kiess
Manuela Siekmeyer
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-015-0839-x

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