Eliza Cinteza, Alin Nicolescu, Tatiana Ciomartan, Liana-Cătălina Gavriliu, Cristiana Voicu, Adelina Carabas, Monica Popescu, Irina Margarint
Cunninghamella spp. is a group of fungi belonging to the Mucorales order. Cases of fungal endocarditis are sporadic, but more frequent in immunocompromised patients. COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 Infection Disease 2019) infections, prematurity, deferoxamine treatment, iron overload, neutropenia, diabetes, and malignant hemopathies proved to be risk factors for mucormycosis. We present the case of a 7-year-old boy who was treated every three weeks with blood transfusion for major beta-thalassemia, receiving deferoxamine for secondary hemochromatosis...
March 8, 2022: Diagnostics