title: Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient.
abstract: Rhinocerebral zygomycosis is the most frequent form of fungal infection caused by members of the Zygomycetes class. A fatal case of rhinocerebral zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus (oryzae) arrhizus with histopathological and mycological diagnosis is reported in a diabetic patient.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Giselda Trigueiro, Departamento de Infectologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mirella Alves da
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Andréia Ferreira
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.forename: Francisco Pignataro
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diniz Junior
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maciel Neto
authors.forename: Nicácia Barbosa
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Calado
authors.forename: Kleber Giovanni
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: Eveline Pipolo
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Milan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000473:pathology*