Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma

Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Mucormycosis in Patients with Leukemia; A 21-year Experience from Southern Iran

Authors

Amene S. Sarvestani 1
Gholamreza Pishdad 2
Shahram Bolandparvaz 3

1 RESIDENT OF SURGERY IN ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

2 professor of internal medicine,Endocrinology and metabolism research center ,shiraz university of medical sciences.

3 Assistant professor of surgery,surgery dep,namazi hospital,shiraz university of medical sciences.

Abstract
Objectives: To determine the epidemiological aspect of mucormycosis, the nature of malignancies complicated by mucormycosis, the initial site of involvement and the subsequent outcome.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was performed by reviewing the medical records of 95 patients with leukemia complicated with biopsy-proven mucormycosis admitted to the educational hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences over a 21-year period. We recorded demographic information including age and sex and disease characteristics such as type of leukemia, site of involvement, paraclinical findings at the time of admission and the outcome of the patients. The incidence of mucormycosis in leukemia was determined by identifying the number of leukemia patients diagnosed within the last 17 years.Results: The male to female ratio was 2.39:1 in of 95 patients studied. The overall incidence rate of mucormycosis was 4.27 per 100 leukemic patients in last 17 years which showed a decreasing trend from 2001 to 2011. The most frequent type of leukemia was acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) which was found in 58 patients (61.5%). The most common site of initial tumor involvement was sinonasal (90.16%). The mortality rate was about 54%, compared to the mortality rate of about 43.24% in patients with best prognosis of AML.Conclusion: The incidence of mucormycosis in leukemia showed a decreasing trend in our country and its recent incidence is comparable to that of other regions. The best preventive method against this lethal infection is to modify and control the environment which reduces the risk of exposure to air-born fungal spores.

Keywords

Mucormycosis
Leukemia
Iran
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Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma
Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
6
Winter 2014
Pages 38-43

  • Receive Date 04 August 2013
  • Accept Date 09 March 2019

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