title: Fatal rhino-orbito-cerebral zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a healthy patient.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Al-Adan Dental Center, Kuwait. petrschutz@netscape.net
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: Jamal H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Behbehani
authors.forename: Zia U
authors.initials: ZU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Mahmood A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kazem
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: Waddah
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eskaf
authors.forename: Hussein H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hamed
authors.forename: Larry L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B