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  • * The condition can manifest in different forms, with a notable case involving pulmonary mucormycosis combined with an aspergillus infection in an immunocompromised patient.
  • * The patient, suffering from metastatic prostate cancer and receiving chemotherapy, was initially misdiagnosed as having only an aspergillus infection before the correct diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis was made.

Article Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection belonging to Mucorales order fungi. Rhino-cerebral form is more noted in patients with diabetes mellitus, but pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare manifestation with hematological malignancy, malignant tumors, and transplant recipient patients. Aspergillus species are also known to cause allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma, chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, and invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis superimposed with aspergillus infection presenting in an immunocompromised patient with metastatic prostate cancer on chemotherapy, initially misdiagnosed as aspergillus infection.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11416803PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.67600DOI Listing

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