Isolated Renal Zygomycosis, A Rare and Lethal Cause of Massive Renal Infarction-Report of Two Cases [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis) is an infection caused by a class Zygomycetes fungi. The fungal organisms classified as Mucorales order cause a spectrum of predominantly angio-invasive disease in immunosuppressed patients.
Salapathi Shanmugam +3 more
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Mortality due to systemic mycoses as a primary cause of death or in association with AIDS in Brazil: a review from 1996 to 2006 [PDF]
, 2009 Deaths caused by systemic mycoses such as paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, coccidioidomycosis and zygomycosis amounted to 3,583 between 1996-2006 in Brazil. When analysed as the underlying cause of death,
LAURENTI, Ruy +4 more
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The 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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Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis: A palatal ulcer
Contemporary 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
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Proven invasive pulmonary mucormycosis successfully treated with amphotericin B and surgery in patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia: a case report [PDF]
, 2013 INTRODUCTION: Invasive mucormycosis (zygomycosis) is the third most frequent fungal infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. It often results in a fatal outcome mainly due to the difficulty of early diagnosis and its resistance to ...
Aleksandra Barac +6 more
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Increasing Incidence of Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis), France, 1997–2006
Emerging 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
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ZYGOMYCOSIS WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE LUNG IN CHILDREN
Вестник 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
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Mucormycosis in a healthy elderly patient presenting as oro-antral fistula: report of a rare incidence [PDF]
, 2015 Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection that commonly affects patients who are immuno-compromised. It invariably presents as an acute spreading infection, with very poor prognosis if not treated promptly.
Belgaumi, Uzma +2 more
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The Rise of an oppurtunistic infection called "Invasive zygomycosis"
Journal 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
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that is common amongst uncontrolled diabetics and immunocompromised patients. The most common clinical presentation is rhino-orbital-cerebral infection, which typically affects diabetics with ...
Diemer, MD, Gretchen +3 more
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