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  • Double Whammy Due to Coronavirus Disease-2019: Invasive Small Bowel Mucormycosis with Recent-Onset Diabetic Ketoacidosis Presenting as Diffuse Fecal Peritonitis in a 12-Year-Old Girl.

Double Whammy Due to Coronavirus Disease-2019: Invasive Small Bowel Mucormycosis with Recent-Onset Diabetic Ketoacidosis Presenting as Diffuse Fecal Peritonitis in a 12-Year-Old Girl.

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2023 Jan-Feb Others Fist_Author_Year_PM

Full Author : ['Zulpi, Prashant K', 'Kulkarni, Vijay K', 'Rani, Hephzibah', 'Halgeri, Anil', 'Agnihotri, Aditya']
Journal Title : Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Chapter : Section8
Journal Year : 2023

Mucormycosis is a fatal fungal infection occurring in immunocompromised patients. Small bowel mucormycosis is extremely rare with a high mortality rate. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with postcoronavirus disease (COVID) recent-onset diabetic ketoacidosis, who presented with acute abdomen with fecal peritonitis. She was diagnosed with intestinal mucormycosis (post-COVID) and was treated successfully with surgical and antifungal management......

Keywords : ['coronavirus invasive small bowel mucormycosis', 'recentonset diabetic ketoacidosis present', 'double whammy due', 'diffuse fecal peritonitis', 'girl']