Fed: Deadly fungus warning for injured tsunami survivors

AAP General News (Australia);  January 27, 2005 ;     296 words ......infectious disease specialists said today. Mucormycosis, an aggressive infection caused by...to 80 per cent of infected people. Mucormycosis is aggressively treated by surgically...journal, The Lancet. "Other cases of mucormycosis might develop in survivors, but this...

Isolated breast mucormycosis

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Mucormycosis is the common name given to several different diseases...species are the most commonly isolated agents of mucormycosis, followed by face=+Italic; Rhizomucorface=-Italic...hyaline fungal hyphae branching at 90o suggestive of mucormycosis. [Figure 1] Patient was started on intravenous ...

RARE FUNGAL DISEASE NEARLY TAKES LIFE OF MACEO MAN.(NEWS)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  February 5, 2001 ;     305 words ......year, Tatum, 44, was diagnosed with mucormycosis, a disease that took away his eyes...his chances of living a normal life. Mucormycosis is a rare infection caused by fungi...disease specialist, diagnosed him with mucormycosis. The fungus quickly infected Tatum...

Survival in rhinocerebral mucormycosis: Is iron the key?

Neurology India;  October 1, 2007 ;     570 words ......factors for survival in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. [1] The mortality of patients in this...therapeutic strategies to treat invasive mucormycosis. It is in this setting, that we must...role of iron chelation therapy for mucormycosis was initially obscured by the paradoxically...

Surgical wound mucormycosis necessitating hand amputation: a case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......report an unusual case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a 17-year-old man who had no risk...The aggressive nature of cutaneous mucormycosis is illustrated. A high index of suspicion...infection. Key words: amputation; fungi; mucormycosis; surgical wound infection INTRODUCTION...

Mucormycosis isolated from perilymphatic tissue: An unusual presentation

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Mucormycosis is an aggressive, opportunistic infection caused by...case, we report a very atypical site of isolation of mucormycosis from a subcutaneous swelling in the cervical region...in the presence of normal sinuses and nasopharynx, mucormycosis needs to be considered as an important differential...

Imaging case study of the month: Calcified mucor fungus ball of sphenoid...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Mucormycosis is an uncommon and potentially fatal...family that cause disease in humans.l Mucormycosis may occur in several locations in...every patient with a suspicion of mucormycosis. In this article, we present an...

Primary cutaneous mucormycosis (zygomycosis) caused by Apophysomyces...

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is an uncommon infection caused by...report here a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a diabetic caused by Apophysomyces...preceding traumatic injury, cutaneous mucormycosis was suspected and the patient was started...

Identification of the asexual state of Rhizopus species on histologic...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...* Mucormycosis is an infection caused by a group...form of this disease is rhinocerebral mucormycosis, which usually develops in diabetic...article presents a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in which presumptive identification...

Bronchial mucormycosis with progressive air trapping

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......died. Mayo Clin Proc. 1999;74:698-701 Mucormycosis refers to infections caused by members...the well-known rhinocerebral form of mucormycosis in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis...manifestations, including pulmonary mucormycosis.' Pulmonary mucormycosis occasionally...

Mucormycosis at pectoralis major myocutaneous flap donor site

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Mucormycosis is a dreadful condition carrying very high morbidity and mortality. Mucormycosis is caused by a group of fungi found...mucor can affect any organ in the body, mucormycosis at pectoralis major myocutaneous flap...

The terminator. (mucormycosis) (Vital Signs) (Column)

Discover;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......the next morning did anyone realize how sick Mrs. Nelson might really be. The surgeon realized that Mrs. Nelson might have mucormycosis ( mucor for short), a fungal infection of the sinuses. The group of fungi that cause mucor are common, omnipresent organisms...

Seasonal Variations in Rhino-cerebral Mucor Infection

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Objectives: Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is an uncommon, potentially...fungus, hematologic malignancy, mucormycosis, season. INTRODUCTION Rhino-cerebral or rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is an uncommon, devastating...

Liposomal Amphotericin B Interferes with the Phosphorus Assay on the...

Clinical Chemistry;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Synchron LX 20 (Beckman Coulter) phosphorus assay (PHOSm). Two inpatients treated with liposomal amphotericin B for invasive mucormycosis were noted to have significantly increased serum phosphorus concentrations. Serum phosphorus values from patient A ranged...

Acute oral and ocular changes in a patient with diabetic...

American Family Physician;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......nervous system aspergillosis. [] D. Ecthyma gangrenosum. [] E. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Discussion The answer is E: rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Mucormycosis can affect the upper respiratory, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and...