Mucormycosis causing maxillary osteomyelitis

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, more commonly observed in immunocompromised patients. The mode of infection is via the inhalation route and infection begins initially in the nose and paranasal sinuses with subsequent invasion into the vascular tissue, eventually leading to thrombo...

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Autores principales: Selvamani, Manickam, Donoghue, Mandana, Bharani, Shiva, Madhushankari, G. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26283852
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.160039
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author Selvamani, Manickam
Donoghue, Mandana
Bharani, Shiva
Madhushankari, G. S.
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description Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, more commonly observed in immunocompromised patients. The mode of infection is via the inhalation route and infection begins initially in the nose and paranasal sinuses with subsequent invasion into the vascular tissue, eventually leading to thrombosis and necrosis of nearby hard and soft tissues. Here, we report a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone with fungal infection (mucormycosis) and extensive tissue necrosis in an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus patient.
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spelling pubmed-45184322015-08-17 Mucormycosis causing maxillary osteomyelitis Selvamani, Manickam Donoghue, Mandana Bharani, Shiva Madhushankari, G. S. J Nat Sci Biol Med Case Report Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, more commonly observed in immunocompromised patients. The mode of infection is via the inhalation route and infection begins initially in the nose and paranasal sinuses with subsequent invasion into the vascular tissue, eventually leading to thrombosis and necrosis of nearby hard and soft tissues. Here, we report a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone with fungal infection (mucormycosis) and extensive tissue necrosis in an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4518432/ /pubmed/26283852 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.160039 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518432/
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