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Mucormycosis is a very serious, invasive fungal infection, occurring frequently in patients with a modified immune response. Mortality in cases of a generalized form of mucormycosis can reach 96 %. The principles of successful treatment of this disease are early diagnosis and aggressive antimycotic and/or surgical therapy. In this case report we point out the clinical importance of correct timing of therapy, even though even early and appropriate management does not always guarantee survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Solid organ transplantation is the only way to treat end-stage organ disease. Survival of the patients with a transplanted organ has improved significantly in the last decades. It has been mainly due to the careful selection of organ transplant candidates from the waiting lists, improved surgical techniques and advances in intensive care and immunosuppressive therapy. This has logically led to an increase in the number of these patients on the follow-up, treated in the emergency departments and admitted to hospitals and intensive care units. The anaesthetic and intensive care management of the transplant recipients is similar to standard practice but there are physiological and pharmacological specific aspects including the adverse effects of immunosuppression, the risk of infection and the risk of rejection which the anaesthetist and the intensivist should consider. One of the most common reasons for hospital admission of the transplanted patients is infection and sepsis, the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. The cornerstones in the treatment of sepsis are early pathogen identification, infection source control and supportive therapy including temporary withdrawal of the immunosuppressive therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Medicine / Anesteziologie a Intenzivní Medicína is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)