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SUBMITTER: Mohammadi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3963327 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mohammadi Rasoul R Nazeri Mehdi M Sayedayn Sayed Mohammad Amin SM Ehteram Hassan H
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 20140101 1
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of the Mucoraceae family. The genera most commonly responsible are Mucor or Rhizopus. The disease occurs mostly in association with diabetic ketoacidosis. Mucormycosis has an extremely high death rate even when aggressive surgery is done. Death rates range from 25-85% depending on the body area involved. A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 65-year-old diabetic male patient typically presenting as headache, especially ...[more]