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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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Mucormycosis and cryptococcosis with gastrointestinal involvement in a patient with poorly managed diabetes
Bader A Aldahash1, Mohammed A Alnemer2, Khaled O Alsaad3, Fahad I Alsohaibani1
1 Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Anatomic Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Fahad I Alsohaibani
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P. O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_201_22
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Mucormycosis and cryptococcosis are invasive fungal infections that mostly infect immunocompromised patients and are associated with high mortality rates. Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old male with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus who was initially admitted with a complaint of right frontal headache and vomiting for 5 days. The patient was found to have paranasal sinuses mucormycosis, and later developed gastrointestinal cryptococcosis. A multidisciplinary approach and early management are important to avoid any delay in managing these life-threatening infections. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first case reporting concurrent invasive fungal infections in a patient.
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