Typhlitis due to mucormycosis after chemotherapy in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

MeSH terms

• Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Cytarabine / administration & dosage
• Cytarabine / adverse effects
• Digestive System Surgical Procedures
• Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
• Humans
• Idarubicin / administration & dosage
• Idarubicin / adverse effects
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy*
• Middle Aged
• Mucormycosis / drug therapy
• Mucormycosis / etiology*
• Mucormycosis / surgery
• Neutropenia / chemically induced
• Neutropenia / complications
• Rhinitis / complications
• Shock, Septic / etiology
• Sinusitis / complications
• Typhlitis / drug therapy
• Typhlitis / etiology*
• Typhlitis / surgery