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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2013

Mind the gap: Management of an emergent and threatening invasive fungal infection-a case report of rhino-orbital-cerebral and pulmonary mucormycosis.

Joana Cortez, Bruno Costa Gomes, Andrea Speidel, Conceição Peixoto, Elina Selicka, Cristina Valente, Paulo Figueiredo, António Vieira

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joana CortezInfectious Diseases Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Bruno Costa GomesNeuroradiology Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Andrea SpeidelInfectious Diseases Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Conceição PeixotoOtorhinolaringology Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Elina SelickaInfectious Diseases Department, Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital, Infectology Centre of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
Cristina ValenteInfectious Diseases Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Paulo FigueiredoPathology Department, Portuguese Oncology Institute (Instituto Português de Oncologia), Coimbra 3000-075, Portugal.
António VieiraInfectious Diseases Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra), General Hospital, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PTInstituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil · PTRiga East University Hospital · LV

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an emergent and threatening invasive fungal invasion underdiagnosed by clinicians due to lack of awareness and aspecific clinical picture. The authors describe a clinical case of a diabetic and cirrhotic patient who developed rhino-orbital-cerebral and pulmonary mucormycosis, non-responsive to treatment. Typical gaps in the management of this deadly disease are addressed. There is a strong need for novel therapies and an expectation that sponsors will recognize the critical need for randomized clinical trials.

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DelaysDiabetesHigh mortalityHyperbaric medicineMucormycosisRandomized clinical trials

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PMID24432223
PMCPMC3885946
OpenAlexW2086394615

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