Fatal rhino-orbito-cerebral zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a healthy patient.
Schütz
Petr
P
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Al-Adan Dental Center, Kuwait. petrschutz@netscape.net
Behbehani
Jamal H
JH
Khan
Zia U
ZU
Ahmad
Suhail
S
Kazem
Mahmood A
MA
Dhar
Rita
R
Eskaf
Waddah
W
Hamed
Hussein H
HH
Cunningham
Larry L
LL
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001766:Blindness / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017233:Orbit Evisceration; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010800:Phycomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B