Jie-Wei Liu

Case report: Fatal hematogenous gastrosplenic mucormycosis in an immunocompetent adult following sigmoid perforation, septic shock, and short-term stress glucocorticoids

Mucormycosis is an aggressive angioinvasive fungal infection that predominantly affects chronically immunosuppressed individuals. Hematogenous dissemination of Mucorales causing synchronous gastric full-thickness perforation and total splenic infarction is exceptionally rare, particularly in immunocompetent hos...