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Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Patient following Traditional Dressing

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare manifestation of an aggressive fungal infection. Early diagnosis and treatment are vitally important in improving outcome. We report an unusual case presenting with progressive necrotizing fasciitis due to mucormycosis following trauma and dressing by man‐made herbal agents.
Zahra Ahmadinejad, Hamideh Khazraiyan, Fahime Ghanbari, Bahram Ahmadi, Mohsen Gerami Shoar, G. E. Piérard, E. Schmidt   +6 more
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Renal Mucormycosis: A Rare and Potentially Lethal Complication of Kidney Transplantation

Case Reports in Transplantation, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Renal mucormycosis is a rare and potentially lethal complication of kidney transplantation. We describe two cases of renal mucormycosis following deceased donor kidney transplantation. This is the second report of renal mucormycosis following kidney transplantation in the United States, and the first case of renal mucormycosis infection presumed to be ...
SreyRam Kuy, Chun He, David C. Cronin II, P. A. Andrews, G. Forrest, M. Klinger   +5 more
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Invasive Mold Infections: Virulence and Pathogenesis of Mucorales

International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Mucorales have been increasingly reported as cause of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised subjects, particularly in patients with haematological malignancies or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and in those under deferoxamine treatment or undergoing dialysis. The disease often leads to a fatal outcome, but the pathogenesis of the infection is
Giulia Morace, Elisa Borghi, Arianna Tavanti   +2 more
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Zygomycosis caused byCunninghamella bertholletiaein a kidney transplant recipient [PDF]

Medical Mycology, 2004
Infections caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae are rare but severe. Only 32 cases have been reported as yet, but in 26 of these this species was a contributing cause of the death of the patient. This opportunistic mould in the order Mucorales infects immunocompromized patients suffering from haematological malignancies or diabetes mellitus, as well ...
D, Quinio, A, Karam, J P, Leroy, M C, Moal, B, Bourbigot, O, Masure, B, Sassolas, A M, Le Flohic   +7 more
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Host Immune Defense upon Fungal Infections with Mucorales: Pathogen-Immune Cell Interactions as Drivers of Inflammatory Responses [PDF]

, 2020
During the last few decades, mucormycosis has emerged as one of the most common fungal infections, following candidiasis and aspergillosis. The fungal order responsible for causing mucormycosis is the Mucorales.
Montaño, Dolly E., Voigt, Kerstin
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Synthetic biology for medical biomaterials

Interdisciplinary Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 4, July 2025.
Synthetic biology platform has been utilized to produce a variety of medical biomaterials (MBMs), such as polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), hyaluronic acid (HA), collagen (COL), poly(β‐malic acid) (PMLA), poly‐γ‐glutamic acid (γ‐PGA), alginate (ALG), chitosan (CS), bacterial cellulose (BC), and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs).
Tao Xu, Xiao‐Yun Huang, Jin‐Wei Dao, Da Xiao, Dai‐Xu Wei   +4 more
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Increasing incidence of mucormycosis in a large Spanish hospital from 2007 to 2015: Epidemiology and microbiological characterization of the isolates.

PLoS ONE, 2017
We studied 19 cases of proven/probable mucormycosis diagnosed from 2007 to 2015 in our hospital and assessed the microbiological characteristics of the isolates.
Jesús Guinea, Pilar Escribano, Antonio Vena, Patricia Muñoz, María Del Carmen Martínez-Jiménez, Belén Padilla, Emilio Bouza   +6 more
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AN OVERVIEW OF MUCORMYCOSIS [PDF]

, 2022
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive infection caused by Zygomycosis in the order of Mucorales. It is mainly affected in immunocompromised individuals followed by risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, stem cell transplantation, organ transplantation ...
GOPAL, MURUGANANTHAN, PARAMESWARAN, SARAVANAKUMAR, PICHAIVEL, MANIMEKALAI, SAMUNDI, SELVA PREETHI   +3 more
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Diagnostic Challenges in Fungal Coinfections Associated With Global COVID‐19

Scientifica, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The early diagnosis of opportunistic infections is a critical concern for patient care worldwide, particularly in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This review examines the challenges and advancements in the management and early diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections, which have become increasingly prominent during the pandemic.
Ariyo Shahin Jafari, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Hossein Faraji, Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim, Saeme Asgari, Hakime Karami, Ali Kamali, Ali Asghar Kheirkhah Vakilabad, Ali Habibi, Motahareh Faramarzpour, Biagio Santella   +10 more
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A Case of Pulmonary Zygomycosis Caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 1997
Cunninghamella bertholletiae, a rare causative agent of human deep seated mycosis, has been reported with increased frequency in the Western countries, in recent years. We experienced a case of Cunninghamella bertholletiae pulmonary infection in a 63-year-old male with pulmonary fibrosis and mild diabetes mellitus.
K, Hashiguchi, Y, Niki, N, Miyashita, M, Kuroki, M, Nakajima, H, Kawane, T, Matsushima, K, Nishimura   +7 more
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