Invasive mucormycosis in a case of aluminium phosphide poisoning

Nitin Gupta; Gagandeep Singh; Karan Aggarwal; Alok Thakar; Immaculata Xess

doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/24327.9473

Invasive mucormycosis in a case of aluminium phosphide poisoning

Nitin Gupta, Gagandeep Singh, Karan Aggarwal, Alok Thakar, Immaculata Xess^*

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressive disease with high mortality reported mostly in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of Rhino-orbital mucormycosis (Lichtheimia corymbifera) in an immunocompetent individual with history of consumption of Aluminium Phosphide (ALP) tablets. We postulated the following effects of ALP poisoning that would have increased the chances of mucormycosis in this patient: 1) Metabolic acidosis; 2) Acute Kidney Injury (AKI); and 3) Liberation of free oxygen radicals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	DD01-DD02
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24327.9473
Publication status	Published - 01-04-2017

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