Research Keyword: multidisciplinary management

Cutaneous Mucormycosis Following Polytrauma: A Multidisciplinary Approach

A 22-year-old man suffered severe injuries from a motorcycle-truck collision that damaged his perineal area and left thigh. Despite antibiotics and wound therapy, a dangerous fungal infection called mucormycosis developed in the wound. The medical team treated this by repeatedly removing infected tissue, using powerful antifungal medications (amphotericin B and posaconazole), and carefully managing the wound with special therapy before skin grafting, ultimately achieving successful healing.

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A Rare Battle: Multidisciplinary Care for a Child with Rhino-Orbital Cerebral Mucormycosis in Somali Region of Ethiopia

A 12-year-old girl with poorly controlled diabetes developed a serious fungal infection in her sinuses and eye that spread to her brain. Despite the infection being extremely dangerous, doctors successfully treated her using multiple approaches including antifungal medication, surgery to remove infected tissue, and careful management of her blood sugar. She recovered and went home, though she lost vision in one eye.

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