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      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Medical Case Reports</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 2; Issue 6</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>(Nov-Dec, 2021)</Season>
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        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Surgical Case Reports</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Emphysematous Gastritis Secondary to Gastric Mucormycosis in A COVID-19 Positive Patient: Case Report</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
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      <FirstPage>1</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>8</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>Islas Torres</FirstName>
          <LastName>Martin</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Castillo Luna Ana</FirstName>
          <LastName>Laura</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Rodriguez Moreno José</FirstName>
          <LastName>Juan</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Rendon Muñoz Valeria</FirstName>
          <LastName>Priscilla</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Zamora Inzunza José</FirstName>
          <LastName>Gerardo</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Ibarra Trejo Albert</FirstName>
          <LastName>Antonio</LastName>
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      <Abstract>Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection with high mortality, which occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. It is characterized by necrotizing vasculitis and the presence of branching wide-angle hyphae. The gastrointestinal form is one of the rarest, symptoms are nonspecific and only 25% are diagnosed premortem. Treatment consists of antifungal therapy and urgent surgical debridement. Case report: 69-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus presents with dyspnea, SARS CoV2 rapid antigen test turns out positive. During his hospital stay he presents sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding and pneumoperitoneum on abdominal CT. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, necrosis of the greater curvature of the stomach was found, therefore vertical gastrectomy was performed. The histopathological report revealed panmural necrosis associated with arterial thrombosis secondary to Mucor spp, liposomal amphotericin B was started, however, the patient developed nosocomial urinary tract and pulmonary infections, decease was documented 29 days after admission. Conclusion: Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection that requires high suspicion for its diagnosis. Antifungals and urgent surgical debridement by the general surgeon are the cornerstone treatment for this entity.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis,Emphysematous Gastritis,Vertical Gastrectomy,COVID,Case Report</Keywords>
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