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成人肝移植受者并发心内膜炎的播散性毛霉菌感染管理中的挑战

 

Authors Wu Y , Yu X , Zhang Y, Liu J , Chen Y , Wang R, Zhang W

Received 14 April 2025

Accepted for publication 19 August 2025

Published 5 September 2025 Volume 2025:18 Pages 4711—4721

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S534279

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 2

Editor who approved publication: Prof. Dr. Héctor M. Mora-Montes

Yue Wu,1,2,* Xinyu Yu,1,2,* Yuntao Zhang,1,2 Junfang Liu,1,2 Ying Chen,1,2 Rongrong Wang,3 Wei Zhang1,2 

1Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Liver Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence: Wei Zhang, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email 1307018@zju.edu.cn Rongrong Wang, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email 1513056@zju.edu.cn

Abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection. With the recent advancements in diagnostic technologies, including molecular diagnostic techniques, such as PCR and metagenomic next-generation sequencing, the detection rates of mucormycosis have increased. However, its mortality rates remain alarmingly high. Although post-liver transplantation mucormycosis cases are infrequently reported (less than 1%), their mortality rate ranges from 60% to 90%, while mucormycotic endocarditis is even rarer. This article summarizes the clinical manifestations of mucormycosis in a post-liver transplantation adult patient and reviews the existing literature on mucormycotic endocarditis, with the aim of outlining its clinical features, diagnostic challenges, and therapeutic strategies.

Keywords: mucormycosis, endocarditis, liver transplantation, metagenomic next-generation sequencing, Rhizomucor, Cunninghamella