What Researchers Did
Researchers presented a case study of a 3-year-old girl with leukaemia and rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) and reviewed existing literature on ROCM in paediatric hematological patients.
What They Found
They found that a 3-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) was successfully treated. Her treatment involved extensive surgery, systemic antifungals including amphotericin B, posaconazole, and terbinafine, hyperbaric oxygen, and 114 intrathecal administrations of amphotericin B.
Canadian Relevance
This study does not have a direct Canadian connection as it describes a case from outside Canada.
Study Limitations
As a single case report, the findings of this study have limited generalizability to the broader population of paediatric patients with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.