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Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report

open access: yesIDCases, 2020
Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Mucorales order fungi. The rhino-cerebral form of mucormycosis is most commonly seen in patients with diabetes mellitus, whereas, pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare manifestation in patients with ...
António Grilo Novais   +9 more
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Cutaneous mucormycosis [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017
Cutaneous mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection caused by opportunistic fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota. It is frequent in poorly controlled diabetic patients and individuals with immunosuppression. It is usually acquired by direct inoculation through trauma.
Castrejón Pérez, Ana Daniela   +4 more
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A fatal case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis of the jaw after dental extractions and review of literature

open access: yesJournal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
The purpose of presenting this case is to report a fatal case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis post-dental extraction in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
Shilpa Prabhu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis and their therapeutics

open access: yesHeliyon
Mucormycosis has spread rapidly in the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 patients having low immunity and co-morbidities. It is also related to excessive use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, antibiotics, and unhygienic conditions.
Bhaswati Chatterjee, Suman S. Thakur
doaj   +1 more source

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: A report of two cases

open access: yesJournal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2015
Mucormycosis is an acute opportunistic infection caused by saprophytic fungus of class Phycomycetes order Mucorales and family Mucoracae, found in soil, bread molds, and decaying fruits and vegetables. Even though this fungus is ubiquitous in the nature,
Venkateswarlu Nallapu   +3 more
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Disseminated tuberculosis and gastric mucormycosis coinfection

open access: yesIDCases, 2019
Tuberculosis and mucormycosis coinfection has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We present a case of gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with disseminated tuberculosis.
Alexandre Malek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges of Emergent COVID-Associated-Mucormycosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection, with high mortality, commonly associated with diabetes, malignancies, immunosuppressive therapy, and other immunodeficiency conditions.
Manuela Arbune   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mucormycosis in a diabetic [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate Medical Journal, 1982
Summary A case of juvenile diabetes mellitus with rhino-orbital mucormycosis treated successfully with amphotericin B is described.
V K, Batra, M, Gaiha, P S, Gupta
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An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Invasive fungal infections (IFI) remain a significant infection‐related complication in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), the incidence of which has not changed overtime. With a focus on studies and data published after 2019, this narrative review provides an update on the epidemiology and prevention of IFIs in SOTRs and highlights ...
Tina Marinelli, Shahid Husain
wiley   +1 more source

Fatal and Rapid Progressive Isolated Cerebral Mucormycosis Involving the Bilateral Basal Ganglia: A Case Report

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2020
Isolated cerebral mucormycosis is a clinical type of mucormycosis that is estimated to account for 8% of all mucormycosis cases. The clinical symptoms of isolated cerebral mucormycosis are elusive, and thus conventional techniques often lake sensitivity ...
Gao-jia Zhang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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