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Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient

open access: yesRevista 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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Zygomycosis of temporal bone in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: A rare cause for skull base osteomyelitis

open access: yesMuller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2015
Zygomycosis is a serious and often rapidly fatal infection especially in immunocompromised patients. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is the most common clinical form, accounting for about 50% of the reported cases. Impaired delivery of the antifungal drugs to
Sushil Kumar Aggarwal, Preeti Agarwal
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Molecular epidemiology of zygomycosis and their related factors in tertiary referral centers in southern Iran

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: For the best management of the zygomycosis in immunocompromised patients, the present study aims to detect and identify the etiologic agents by DNA sequencing method and their related factors in clinical samples of patients. Methodology:
Parisa Badiee   +2 more
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Rare Presentation of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Zygomycosis: Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy

open access: yesCase 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
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological aspects and clinical outcome of patients with Rhinocerebral zygomycosis: a survey in a referral hospital in Iran

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: no comprehensive reports have been published on epidemiological status of Rhinocerebral zygomycosis infections and its outcome in our population, Hence, the current study came to address epidemiological characteristics as well as clinical ...
Vida Bozorgi   +5 more
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Increasing Incidence of Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis), France, 1997–2006

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
We analyzed hospital records to provide a population-based estimate of zygomycosis incidence and trends over a 10-year period at a national level in France.
Dounia Bitar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

ZYGOMYCOSIS WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE LUNG IN CHILDREN

open access: yesВестник рентгенологии и радиологии, 2017
The paper describes a rare proven case of pulmonary zygomycosis as a complication of supersevere idiopathic acquired aplastic anemia in an 11-year-old child.
N. A. Il’ina, R. O. Terent’ev
doaj   +1 more source

The Rise of an oppurtunistic infection called "Invasive zygomycosis"

open access: yesJournal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2009
Invasive zygomycosis is a devastating fungal infection seen mostly in immune-compromised patients. We present a case of a 48-year old diabetic man, with aplastic anemia, who developed severe pulmonary mucormycosis that led to his rapid demise despite ...
Abdelkarim Waness   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis: A palatal ulcer

open access: yesContemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2011
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (zygomycosis) is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by saprophytic fungus. It involves several areas of the body, but the rhinocerebral form is most relevant to health care providers.
Ranjana Garg, Vivek Vijay Gupta, L Ashok
doaj   +1 more source

Rhinocerebral Form of Invasive Mycosis in COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Course, Diagnosis, Treatment Experience

open access: yesКубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2022
Background. The incidence of invasive mycoses is reported to increase among patients with a history of new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Adhesion and damage of endothelial cells by zygomycetes lead to fungus angioinvasion, release of a large number of ...
Yu. V. Savosin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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