On the Nose: Disseminated Mucormycosis,, ✯✯✯

A 77-year-old man was undergoing treatment for secondary acute myeloid leukemia when he developed a rare and serious opportunistic infection. The patient was referred to the infectious diseases department for febrile neutropenia with dyspnea and cough. In fact, he had chronic profound pancytopenia due to his underlying hematologic malignancy. Two weeks earlier, he received his first course of azacitidine. The patient had been taking posaconazole for 1 month for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - May 25, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pierre Danneels, Rafael Mahieu, Mamoun Dib, Pierre Abgueguen, Val érie Rabier, Marion Klosek, Yohann Le Govic, Vincent Dubée Tags: Images In Dermatology Source Type: research