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Chronic rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we describe a chronic case of rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis, formerly known as Rhizomucor variabilis var. variabilis, a rare mycotic agent in humans. The infection caused progressive destruction of the nasal septum and soft and hard palate, leading to collapse of the nose bridge and an ulcerative gaping hole. The mucoralean mold cultured from a nasal biopsy specimen was determined by multilocus DNA sequence data to be conspecific with M. irregularis.

SUBMITTER: Hemashettar BM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3122748 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chronic rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India.

Hemashettar B M BM Patil R N RN O'Donnell Kerry K Chaturvedi Vishnu V Ren Ping P Padhye Arvind A AA

Journal of clinical microbiology 20110420 6

In this article, we describe a chronic case of rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis, formerly known as Rhizomucor variabilis var. variabilis, a rare mycotic agent in humans. The infection caused progressive destruction of the nasal septum and soft and hard palate, leading to collapse of the nose bridge and an ulcerative gaping hole. The mucoralean mold cultured from a nasal biopsy specimen was determined by multilocus DNA sequence data to be conspecific with M. irregularis. ...[more]

PMID: 21508154

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