Case Report on Pulmonary Mucormycosis

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection occurs in immunocompromised patients. Increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus, cancer, and organ transplantation, the number of mucormycosis is increasing. Despite antifungal, high risk surgery therapy, the overall mortality rate is high. We are reporting a case of 77 years old male, referred to a tertiary care hospital with non resolving pneumonitis, uncontrolled blood sugar and deranged renal function. He was on multiple antibiotics from last 10 days and was later found to have pulmonary Mucormycosis.