Rhino-orbital mucormycosis due to Apophysomyces ossiformis in a patient with diabetes mellitus: a case report

BACKGROUND: The most common aetiological agents of mucormycosis are Rhizopus, Mucor, Apophysomyces and Lichtheimia. Apophysomyces is comparatively rare, as it has been reported in less than 3% of mucormycosis cases. The genus Apophysomyces includes six species, and only A. elegans, A. mexicanus, A....

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Martínez-Herrera, Erick, Frías-De-León, María Guadalupe, Julián-Castrejón, Angélica, Cruz-Benítez, Luis, Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan, Hernández-Castro, Rigoberto
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437167/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32811466
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05337-4
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