Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient


Autoria(s): Cunha,Mirella Alves da; Nery,Andréia Ferreira; Lima,Francisco Pignataro; Diniz Junior,José; Maciel Neto,José; Calado,Nicácia Barbosa; Luz,Kleber Giovanni; Milan,Eveline Pipolo
Data(s)

01/04/2011

Resumo

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.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200027

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.44 n.2 2011

Palavras-Chave #Zygomicosis #Diabetes mellitus #Tuberculosis
Tipo

journal article