title: Rhino facial zygomycosis: case report.
abstract: Zygomycosis is an invasive disease that affects both immunocompetent and immunocompromised, depending on the type of strain. This disease diagnosis is clinical and histopathological, and its treatment is based on antifungal therapy and surgical cleaning. This paper reports a case of a boy with invasive zygomycosis rinofacial who final treatment was successful after underwent antifungal and surgical therapies.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miguita e Souza
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antonio José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sproesser Junior
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Felippu Neto
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Florencia Barbero
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Augusto Cardim de
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B