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Would you recommend imaging of the brain and lungs to investigate potential disseminated disease in a recent heart transplant patient with a skin nodule that grew Rhizopus?

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Would you recommend imaging of the brain and lungs to investigate potential disseminated disease in a recent heart transplant patient with a skin nodule that grew Rhizopus?

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Infectious Disease · Northwestern Medical Group
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Yes. For any immune-compromised individual with Mucor on the skin or another organ, I look at the brain and the lungs.

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