Cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus homothallicus.
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.
Chakrabarti
Arunaloke
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India. arunaloke@hotmail.com
Marak
Rungmei S K
RS
Shivaprakash
M R
MR
Gupta
Sunita
S
Garg
Rajiv
R
Sakhuja
V
V
Singhal
Sanjay
S
Baghela
Abhishek
A
Dixit
Ajai
A
Garg
M K
MK
Padhye
Arvind A
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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
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S