[Fatal pulmonary mucormycosis in a diabetic patient].

We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a 65-year-old diabetic patient. Pulmonary mucormycosis should be suspected in predisposed patients presenting a pneumonia that resists to antibiotics. The microbiologic diagnosis requires usually a biopsy using bronchoscopic or surgical procedures. The optimal therapy requires an early systemic antifungal treatment associated with the resection of the pulmonary lesion and the control of the underlying disease.