Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a patient with pre‐B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: PCR identifying Rhizopus oryzae from culture‐negative tissue specimens
2014
Introduction:
Mucormycosis is an aggressive infection that can cause significant disease in immunocompromised patients.
Case presentation:
A case of a diabetic patient who developed rhinocerebral mucormycosis while receiving consolidation chemotherapy for leukaemia is described.
Conclusion:
Rhizopus oryzae was identified in tissue biopsies by pan‐fungal PCR and DNA sequencing, which provided the only means to identify the pathogen.
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