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    "pk": 52003,
    "title": "A Case Report of Invasive Mucormycosis in a COVID-19 Positive and Newly-Diagnosed Diabetic Patient",
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    "abstract": "ABSTRACT:This is a case report of a 46-year-old female with undiagnosed diabetes, COVID-19, and mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is a rare, rapidly progressive disease process characterized by an insidious onset of vague symptoms and is associated with a high mortality rate. The patient initially presented at two outside ophthalmology clinics due to right eye pain and was prescribed steroids. Upon presentation to our institution’s Emergency Department, the patient’s pain had significantly increased along with new symptoms of ptosis and failure to adduct the right eye. Laboratory results demonstrated leukocytosis, hyperglycemia, and a positive SARS-CoV-2 test. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a diagnosis of mucormycosis and the patient underwent surgery and began intravenous antifungal therapy. This discussion addresses the presenting features of mucormycosis in the emergency department while highlighting the need for immediate investigation due to the fungi’s rapidly progressive nature.\nTopics: Mucormycosis, mucor, diabetes, COVID-19, ROCM.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Mucormycosis, mucor, diabetes, COVID-19, ROCM"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Visual EM",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/12c4p941",
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        {
            "first_name": "Konnor",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Davis, BS",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Roy",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Almog, MD",
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            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CA",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Yuval",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Peleg, MD, MBA",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CA",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Lindsey",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Spiegelman, MD, MBA",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CA",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2023-08-02T19:33:35+02:00",
    "date_accepted": "2023-08-02T19:33:35+02:00",
    "date_published": "2023-07-31T09:00:00+02:00",
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