An unusual presentation of rhinofacial zygomycosis due to Cunninghamella sp. in an immunocompetent patient: A case report and literature review

Oral Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-69

  Jayasuriya, N S S ^a   Tilakaratne, W M ^a   Amaratunga, E A P D ^a   Ekanayake, M K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella sp; Immunocompetent; Rhinofacial rhinocerebral; Zygomycosis mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SWELLING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FUNGUS SPORE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CUNNINGHAMELLA; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCORMYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33645021021     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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