Isolated case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever with mucormycosis complications, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

A patient with undiagnosed Ebola (EBO) hemorrhagic fever (EHF) was transfer red from Kikwit to a private clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, A diagnosis of EHF was suspected on clinical grounds and was confir med by detection of EBO virus-specific IgM and IgG in serum of the patient. During the course of the disease, although she had no known predisposing f actors, the patient developed a periorbital mucormycosis abscess on eyelid tissue that was biopsied during surgical drainage; the abscess was histolog ically confirmed. Presence of EBO antigen was also detected by specific imm unohistochemistry on the biopsied tissue. The patient survived the EBO infe ction but had severe sequelae associated with the mucormycosis, Standard ba rrier-nursing precautions were taken upon admission and upgraded when EHF w as suspected; there was no secondary transmission of the disease.