Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient

Mirella Alves da Cunha; Andréia Ferreira Nery; Francisco Pignataro Lima; José Diniz Junior; José Maciel Neto; Nicácia Barbosa Calado; Kleber Giovanni Luz; Eveline Pipolo Milan

doi:10.1590/S0037-86822011000200027

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Apr 2011)

Rhinocerebral zygomycosis in a diabetic patient

Mirella Alves da Cunha,
Andréia Ferreira Nery,
Francisco Pignataro Lima,
José Diniz Junior,
José Maciel Neto,
Nicácia Barbosa Calado,
Kleber Giovanni Luz,
Eveline Pipolo Milan

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Mirella Alves da Cunha: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Andréia Ferreira Nery: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Francisco Pignataro Lima: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
José Diniz Junior: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
José Maciel Neto: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Nicácia Barbosa Calado: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Kleber Giovanni Luz: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eveline Pipolo Milan: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000200027
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 44, no. 2
pp. 257 – 259

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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.

Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

ISSN: 0037-8682 (Print); 1678-9849 (Online)
Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/rsbmt/

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