Mucor thriving on iron in beta thalassemia major: A case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis

Mucormycosis is a dreaded condition with high mortality rates noted in immunocompromised hosts. Though iron overload is a known risk factor, children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia have been rarely reported with invasive mucormycosis. We present an 8-year-old girl with transfusion-dependent...

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Glavni autori:	Dhaarani Jayaraman, Harshavardhan Mahalingam, Naga Geetha Rani Mangam, Swati Narasimhan, Padmasani Venkat Ramanan, K. Stephen Sudhakar, Prasanna Kumar S, Banu Keerthana, Manu Vidhya Harikumar, Anupama Jyoti Kindo, T.K. Shruthi, Niranjan Ragavan, Julius Xavier Scott
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	Elsevier 2024-12-01
Serija:	Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal
Teme:	Mucormycosis Beta-thalassemia major Iron – overload Amphotericin Rhino-nasal mucormycosis Debridement
Online pristup:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468124524000743
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