Mucormysis Research Paper
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Mucormysis is a rare but highly aggressive and a fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis infections have increasingly become very common. The survival of such infections is also very poor. Iron metabolism plays a very important role in regulating mucor infections. Deferoxamine predisposes patients to mucormycosisby supplying the fungus containing iron.From these findings, it is possible to treat the infection by using iron chelator as long as the chelator does not supply the fungus containing iron inappropriately. Previous information reveals that the concept of high-dose liposomal amphotericin is the most used monotherapy for mucormycosis (Suresh, 2003). There are, however, several other therapeutic strategies …show more content…
Mucormycosis is a very rare infection of the lungs. Mucor is a fungal infection found usually in immunocompromised patients and caused by the group of fungi called Mucoromycotina (Badior, Trigo, Eloy, & Guimaraes, 2013). This fungus is usually found in soil, and organic dying material including leaves, compost piles, and rotten wood (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The disease can also be found in otherwise healthy patients as well, but risk factors include uncontrolled diabetes, cancer, organ transplant patients, neutropenic patients, and patients with skin trauma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The infection is caused by inhalation of the spores, which then leads to the infection within the lungs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Symptoms of a lung infection include fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath and the infections spreads by resulting in necrosis of the tissue leading to the formations of empty spaces and hemoptysis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Nursing interventions for mucor are similar to those for patients with pneumonia and include oxygen therapy, antibiotic administration, and pain control. Nurses can help with breathing by changing position of the patient as well as titrating the oxygen per doctors
Mucormysis is a rare but highly aggressive and a fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis infections have increasingly become very common. The survival of such infections is also very poor. Iron metabolism plays a very important role in regulating mucor infections. Deferoxamine predisposes patients to mucormycosisby supplying the fungus containing iron.From these findings, it is possible to treat the infection by using iron chelator as long as the chelator does not supply the fungus containing iron inappropriately. Previous information reveals that the concept of high-dose liposomal amphotericin is the most used monotherapy for mucormycosis (Suresh, 2003). There are, however, several other therapeutic strategies …show more content…
Mucormycosis is a very rare infection of the lungs. Mucor is a fungal infection found usually in immunocompromised patients and caused by the group of fungi called Mucoromycotina (Badior, Trigo, Eloy, & Guimaraes, 2013). This fungus is usually found in soil, and organic dying material including leaves, compost piles, and rotten wood (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The disease can also be found in otherwise healthy patients as well, but risk factors include uncontrolled diabetes, cancer, organ transplant patients, neutropenic patients, and patients with skin trauma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The infection is caused by inhalation of the spores, which then leads to the infection within the lungs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Symptoms of a lung infection include fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath and the infections spreads by resulting in necrosis of the tissue leading to the formations of empty spaces and hemoptysis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Nursing interventions for mucor are similar to those for patients with pneumonia and include oxygen therapy, antibiotic administration, and pain control. Nurses can help with breathing by changing position of the patient as well as titrating the oxygen per doctors