"Mucormycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order Mucorales (e.g., Absidia, Mucor, Rhizopus etc.) There are many clinical types associated with infection of the central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an opportunistic infection in patients with a chronic debilitating disease, particularly uncontrolled diabetes, or who are receiving immunosuppressive agents. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
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D009091
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.980.600
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucormycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Gandra S, Ram S, Levitz SM. The "Black Fungus" in India: The Emerging Syndemic of COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis. Ann Intern Med. 2021 09; 174(9):1301-1302.
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Margoles L, DeNofrio D, Patel AR, Golan Y, Vest AR, Arkun K, Boucher HW, Kiernan MS, Upshaw JN. Disseminated mucormycosis masquerading as rejection early after orthotopic heart transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Feb; 20(1).
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Bhagat M, Rapose A. Rapidly progressing dual infection with Aspergillus and Rhizopus: when soil inhabitants become deadly invaders. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Dec 08; 2016.
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Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Powell J, Napoli JA, Walter AW, Walsh TJ. Topical amphotericin B in combination with standard therapy for severe necrotizing skin and soft-tissue mucormycosis in an infant with bilineal leukemia: case report and review. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Oct; 36(7):e468-70.
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Reed C, Bryant R, Ibrahim AS, Edwards J, Filler SG, Goldberg R, Spellberg B. Combination polyene-caspofungin treatment of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 01; 47(3):364-71.
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Johnson KE, Leahy K, Owens C, Blankson JN, Merz WG, Goldstein BJ. An atypical case of fatal zygomycosis: simultaneous cutaneous and laryngeal infection in a patient with a non-neutropenic solid prostatic tumor. Ear Nose Throat J. 2008 Mar; 87(3):152-5.
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Tob?n AM, Arango M, Fern?ndez D, Restrepo A. Mucormycosis (zygomycosis) in a heart-kidney transplant recipient: recovery after posaconazole therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 01; 36(11):1488-91.
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Fingeroth JD, Roth RS, Talcott JA, Rinaldi MG. Zygomycosis due to Mucor circinelloides in a neutropenic patient receiving chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Jul; 19(1):135-7.
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Waldorf AR, Levitz SM, Diamond RD. In vivo bronchoalveolar macrophage defense against Rhizopus oryzae and Aspergillus fumigatus. J Infect Dis. 1984 Nov; 150(5):752-60.