McCrory Michael C, Moore Blake A, Nakagawa Thomas A, Givner Laurence B, Jason Donald R, Palavecino Elizabeth L, Ajizian Samuel J
From the *Department of Anesthesiology, †Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Oct;33(10):1094-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000383.
We report a 16-year-old, previously healthy female who presented with disseminated mucormycosis leading to multiorgan failure and death with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus and ketoacidosis. We review previous reported cases of mucormycosis in children with diabetes to demonstrate that this uncommon invasive infection may cause significant morbidity and mortality in this population.
