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Rhino-orbitocerebral zygomycosis caused by Conidiobolus incongruus in an immunocompromised patient in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Mucorales (subphylum Mucoromycotina) are well-known agents of invasive mucormycosis, whereas Entomophthorales (subphylum Entomophthoromycotina) are rarely encountered in human diseases in temperate zones. Here we report a fatal case of invasive rhino-orbitocerebral entomophthoramycosis caused by Conidiobolus incongruus in a 78-year-old woman with myelodysplastic syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Wuppenhorst N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020825 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rhino-orbitocerebral zygomycosis caused by Conidiobolus incongruus in an immunocompromised patient in Germany.

Wüppenhorst Nicole N Lee Mi-Kyung MK Rappold Elfriede E Kayser Gian G Beckervordersandforth Jan J de With Katja K Serr Annerose A

Journal of clinical microbiology 20100922 11

Mucorales (subphylum Mucoromycotina) are well-known agents of invasive mucormycosis, whereas Entomophthorales (subphylum Entomophthoromycotina) are rarely encountered in human diseases in temperate zones. Here we report a fatal case of invasive rhino-orbitocerebral entomophthoramycosis caused by Conidiobolus incongruus in a 78-year-old woman with myelodysplastic syndrome. ...[more]

PMID: 20861341

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