title: Cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus homothallicus.
abstract: We report the first two proven cases of cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus homothallicus. The diagnosis in each case was based on histology, culture of the causal agent, and the nucleotide sequence of the D1/D2 region of the 28S ribosomal DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India. arunaloke@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Arunaloke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Rungmei S K
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Marak
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shivaprakash
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baghela
authors.forename: Ajai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Arvind A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Padhye
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D035423:Thoracic Cavity / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014054:Tomography; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S