Chronic rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2372-2375

  Hemashettar, B M ^a   Patil, R N ^b   O'Donnell, Kerry ^c   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^d   Ren, Ping ^d   Padhye, Arvind A ^e  

^a Hi Tech Health Care and Diagnostic Center Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE DISORDER; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MUCOR; MUCOR IRREGULARIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOFACIAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SOFT PALATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NASAL SEPTUM; PALATE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOMUCOR; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN ULCER;

MUCOR; MUCORALES; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS;

EID: 79957534629     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02326-10     Document Type: Article

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