Rhinocerebral mucormycosis due to Rhizopus oryzae in a diabetic patient: A case report

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-129

  Erami, M ^a   Shams Ghahfarokhi, M ^b   Jahanshiri, Z ^c   Sharif, A ^a   Razzaghi Abyaneh, M ^c  

^a Infectious Division   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Maxillary bone necrosis; Rhinocerebral mucormycosis; Rhizopus oryzae

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; EOSIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMATOXYLIN; INSULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RNA 5.8S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP DISEASE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OBTURATOR; PAIN; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; RETROMAXILLARY FISSURE; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; RNA SEQUENCE; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STAINING; SWELLING; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

FUNGI; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RHIZOPUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881311427     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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