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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 59-61 |
Double whammy due to coronavirus disease-2019: Invasive small bowel mucormycosis with recent-onset diabetic ketoacidosis presenting as diffuse fecal peritonitis in a 12-year-old girl
Prashant K Zulpi1, Vijay K Kulkarni2, Hephzibah Rani3, Anil Halgeri1, Aditya Agnihotri3
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Pathology, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Prashant K Zulpi
House No. 322, Vanashri Nagar, Nischal Building, SDM Medical Staff Quarters, Sattur, Dharwad - 580 009, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_97_22
Mucormycosis is a fatal fungal infection occurring in immunocompromised patients. Small bowel mucormycosis is extremely rare with a high mortality rate. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with postcoronavirus disease (COVID) recent-onset diabetic ketoacidosis, who presented with acute abdomen with fecal peritonitis. She was diagnosed with intestinal mucormycosis (post-COVID) and was treated successfully with surgical and antifungal management.
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