A Rare Case Report of Intra-abdominal Mucormycosis Complicating Acute Pancreatitis

Bhanuprakash K Bhaskar; Shreyas H Gutte; Mohan Gurjar; Sai Saran; Rahul Rahul; Pratishtha Sengar

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24232

A Rare Case Report of Intra-abdominal Mucormycosis Complicating Acute Pancreatitis

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jun;26(6):736-738. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24232.

Authors

Bhanuprakash K Bhaskar¹, Shreyas H Gutte², Mohan Gurjar², Sai Saran³, Rahul Rahul⁴, Pratishtha Sengar⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Medeor Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁴ Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post- graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Intra-abdominal infections are known to complicate the course of acute pancreatitis. Invasive fungal infections (Candida spp.) are not the uncommon microorganisms which isolate from intra-abdominal specimen in acute necrotizing pancreatitis. However, we are reporting first case of invasive gastric mucormycosis in a postpartum acute pancreatitis patient.

How to cite this article: Bhaskar BK, Gutte SH, Gurjar M, Saran S, Rahul R, Sengar P. A Rare Case Report of Intra-abdominal Mucormycosis Complicating Acute Pancreatitis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(6):736-738.

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis; Invasive fungal infection; Mucormycosis; Postpartum.

Publication types

Case Reports