Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a fungal infection that can be fatal especially in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in immunocompetent individuals. We describe here an immunocompetent patient who survived rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis due to Saksenaea vasiformis, and provi...

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Autores principales: Shatriah, Ismail, Mohd-Amin, Norazizah, Tuan-Jaafar, Tengku Norina, Khanna, Rajesh Kumar, Yunus, Rohaizan, Madhavan, Manoharan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623872
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.95269
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author Shatriah, Ismail
Mohd-Amin, Norazizah
Tuan-Jaafar, Tengku Norina
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Madhavan, Manoharan
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Mohd-Amin, Norazizah
Tuan-Jaafar, Tengku Norina
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description Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a fungal infection that can be fatal especially in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in immunocompetent individuals. We describe here an immunocompetent patient who survived rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis due to Saksenaea vasiformis, and provide a literature review of this rare entity.
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spelling pubmed-33536812012-05-23 Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature Shatriah, Ismail Mohd-Amin, Norazizah Tuan-Jaafar, Tengku Norina Khanna, Rajesh Kumar Yunus, Rohaizan Madhavan, Manoharan Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a fungal infection that can be fatal especially in immunocompromised patients. It is extremely rare in immunocompetent individuals. We describe here an immunocompetent patient who survived rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis due to Saksenaea vasiformis, and provide a literature review of this rare entity. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3353681/ /pubmed/22623872 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.95269 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shatriah, Ismail
Mohd-Amin, Norazizah
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Khanna, Rajesh Kumar
Yunus, Rohaizan
Madhavan, Manoharan
Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623872
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.95269
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