Disseminated Pulmonary Mucormycosis with Concomitant Tuberculosis Infection in a Diabetic Patient

Abstract

Patients with diabetes are often susceptible to various opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and mucormycosis. However, the occurrence of both these infections simultaneously is rare. We present one such case of pulmonary tuberculosis with disseminated pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with diabetes, which was successfully managed.

Coinfection of pulmonary tuberculosis and mucormycosis in a patient with poor controlled diabetes mellitus: A case report

“…The reported incidence of concomitant pulmonary mucormycosis and tuberculosis is low, with only a few cases reported in the literature [ 8 , [12] , [13] , [14] ] In the case presented above, an immunosuppressed patient due to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus developed pulmonary mucormycosis and tuberculosis simultaneously, leading to respiratory failure and a prolonged hospital stay. The patient was started on antifungal therapy due to the fatality of untreated mucormycosis.…”