Fatal Community-Acquired Peritonitis Due to Invasive Necrotizing Intestinal Mucormycosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Case Report

Fatal Community-Acquired Peritonitis Due to Invasive Necrotizing Intestinal Mucormycosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2022;50(1):65-67 DOI: 10.5152/TJAR.2021.379
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Abstract

We report here a rare case of fatal rapidly progressive necrotizing gastrointestinal mucormycosis due to Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides in the setting of community-acquired peritonitis, in an immunocompromised adult patient. Diagnosis was established by direct examination of peritoneal fluid showing hyphae consistent with mucormycosis confirmed by the culture.