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Clinical Features and Predictive Risk Factors for Prognosis in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Pulmonary Mucormycosis. [PDF]

Clin Respir J
PM patients exhibit distinctions from IPA in certain clinical characteristics, laboratory parameters, and chest radiology findings. Nevertheless, both PM and IPA patients experienced higher 30‐day mortality and ICU utilization. The combination of NLR and HbA1c with existing disease assessment tools proves effective in prognosticating the disease ...
Bai Y, Wei M, Liu J, Chen X, Gu L, Guo Y.   +5 more
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Comparative Prognosis of Fungal Balls Versus Invasive Pulmonary Mucormycosis [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Jiayu Wang,1– 4 Naishu Xie,1– 4 Rui Zhao,1– 4 Huihui Zeng,1– 4 Yan Chen1– 4 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China; 2Research Unit of ...
Wang J, Xie N, Zhao R, Zeng H, Chen Y
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Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report

IDCases, 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, Joana Capelo, Marta Costa, Mariana Conceição, Pedro Crespo, Luísa Mocho, Beatriz Leão, Luís Malheiro, Susana Silva, António Sarmento   +9 more
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Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of pulmonary mucormycosis reveals a failed activation of host immune response [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionMucormycosis is one of the most life-threatening fungal infections with delayed diagnosis and limited antifungal treatments. The transcriptome and proteome of pulmonary mucormycosis have not been fully investigated.MethodsWe obtained lung ...
Jinjin Zhong, Xiaomin Cai, Yuchen Cai, Tingting Zhao, Die Hu, Chao Sun, Yueyan Ni, Yu Gu, Yu Gu, Xin Su, Xin Su   +10 more
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Diagnosis, clinical features, and mortality risk factors in a Chinese cohort with pulmonary mucormycosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundPulmonary mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal fungal infection. Identifying high-risk factors for pulmonary mucormycosis holds the potential to improve patient outcomes.
Junjun Wan, Teng Liu, Fang Li, Shaohua Xu   +3 more
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Case Report: Pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundWe report a rare case of pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus, which is rare in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Shanshan Wang, Yanqing Liu, Liqing Hu, Guoqing Qian, Yijun Mo   +4 more
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Prevalence, predictors and outcome of pulmonary mucormycosis in COVID-19 associated rhino orbital mucormycosis in a tertiary care centre in south India [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2023
Background and Purpose: India witnessed an explosive rise in mucormycosis following COVID-19 infection. While rhino orbital mucormycosis was the most common presentation, pulmonary mucormycosis was closely followed.
Karthigeyan Thanjavur Sethuraman, Jayaraj Athimanjeri Thiruvengadam, Abinaya Ravichandran, Santhi Thoppappatty Sengottaiyan   +3 more
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Successful treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus with posaconazole

European Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Background Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection occurring chiefly in the lung or the rhino-orbital-cerebral compartment, particularly in patients with immunodeficiency or diabetes mellitus. Among Mucorales fungi, Rhizopus spp.
F. Yuan, J. Chen, F. Liu, Y. C. Dang, Q. T. Kong, H. Sang   +5 more
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Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2017
An obese woman aged 70 years with a history of chronic persistent asthma and diabetes mellitus presented with acute exacerbation and respiratory failure. A chest X-ray and CT scan revealed patchy infiltrates on the right lung along with right hilar and upper lobe masses suggestive of malignancy (figure 1).
Raj Kumar, Mani, Vipul, Mishra, Manish, Sharma, Raghupathy Ashok, Kumar   +3 more
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A rare case of an immunocompetent patient with isolated pulmonary mucormycosis

IDCases, 2023
As one of the most lethal infections caused by fungi, pulmonary mucormycosis usually affects patients who are immunocompromised. Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients is very rare.This report describes a 65-year-old immunocompetent ...
Hamidreza Rouientan, Abolfazl Gilani, Roham Sarmadian, Mohammad Rezaei zadeh Rukerd   +3 more
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