Molecular identification of Rhizomucor pusillus as a cause of sinus-orbital zygomycosis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5819-5821

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Freifeld, Alison G ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b   Tarantolo, Stefano R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Methodist Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINUS ORBITAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SINUSITIS;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; RHIZOMUCOR; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS;

EID: 27744574380     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5819-5821.2005     Document Type: Article

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