Chronic pulmonary mucormycosis: an emerging fungal infection in diabetes mellitus

• DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.31
• Publication Date: 2017-02-28T04:08:28Z
• Authors: Nousheen Iqbal; Muhammad Irfan; Kauser Jabeen; Murtaza Mohammed ...; Muhammad Usman Tariq
• Keywords: Presentation (obstetrics)

Mucormycosis commonly affects immunocompromised individuals with defects in neutrophil function or count. Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor due to impair innate and acquired immunity for mucormycosis, rhino-orbital-cerebral involvement as a common presentation. Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) although rare presentation diabetic patients but associated high mortality morbidity. An early diagnosis of PM difficult, rarity the disease clinical radiological features resembling tuberculosis (TB) which Pakistan. Here we present three cases chronic diabetes no other apparent factors.