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Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 The prevalence of cutaneous and soft tissue zygomycosis appears to have increased in recent years. We reviewed 78 case reports of cutaneous zygomycosis published from 2004 through 2008. Most patients with cutaneous zygomycosis have underlying conditions such as haematological malignancies, diabetes mellitus or solid organ transplantation, but a large ...
Skiada, A., Petrikkos, G.
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Gastrointestinal Zygomycosis Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016 Zygomycosis is a rare invasive opportunistic fungal infection that occurs in the setting of hematologic malignancies, chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, and immunosuppressive therapies.
Won-Tak Choi +2 more
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Evaluation of patients with zygomycosis
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2014 Zygomycosis is a severe angioinvasive infection caused by Zygomycetes. We retrospectively investigated 16 cases of zygomycosis.The data of patients, who had been followed between 2004 and 2010 in 8 tertiary-care teaching hospitals, were reviewed. Demographic characteristics, underlying diseases, and clinical signs and symptoms of the patients, as well ...
Alp Cavus, Sema +14 more
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Invasive Zygomycosis: Epidemiology and Clinical Features (Review)
Клиническая онкогематология, 2016 The invasive zygomycosis is the third most common mycosis following invasive candidiasis and aspergillosis. Patients with hematological malignancies and patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are two main risk ...
Nataliya Sergeevna Bagirova
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Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 Rhinocerebral zygomycosis is the most frequent form of fungal infection caused by members of the Zygomycetes class. A fatal case of rhinocerebral zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus (oryzae) arrhizus with histopathological and mycological diagnosis is ...
Mirella Alves da Cunha +7 more
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Acute cutaneous zygomycosis of the scalp: A case report and literature review
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015 Summary: Cutaneous zygomycosis is the third most common form of zygomycosis. However, scalp involvement is rare for this disease. In this study, we present a case of acute zygomycosis in a diabetic patient who was effectively treated with local ...
Salim Baharoon
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Rare Presentation of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Zygomycosis: Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2011 Rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis afflicts primarily diabetics and immunocompromised individual, but can also occur in normal hosts rarely. We here presented an interesting case of facial nerve palsy and multiple cold abscesses of neck due to rhino ...
Alireza Mohebbi +2 more
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Subcutaneous Zygomycosis : Current Indian Scenario With A Review
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2003 Zygomycosis broadly consists of mucormycosis and subcutaneous zygomycosis. Subcutaneous zygomycosis can further be subdivided into conidiobolomycosis and basidiobolomycosis. We have done retrospective analysis of data of cases of subcutaneous zygomycosis
Thappa Devinder Mohan +2 more
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Zygomycosis and diabetes mellitus [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Zygomycoses are severe angio-invasive fungal infections that develop in immunocompromised and diabetic patients. Any episode of sinusitis not responding to short-term antibacterial therapy should evoke the diagnosis of zygomycosis in the latter population, especially in cases of a surrounding necrotic area.
Lanternier, F., Lortholary, O.
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A case of subcutaneous zygomycosis
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 Zygomycosis is an acute or chronic infection caused by several fungal agents belonging to the phylum Zygomycota. These are saprophytic fungi and are found ubiquitously in the environment.
Usha Rani Anaparthy, G Deepika
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