Diagnostic Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Paraffin-embedded Sinus Specimens for Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Complicated by Internal Carotid Artery Thrombosis and Cerebral Infarction

We herein report a 73-year-old man who experienced cerebral infarction caused by infection with a Mucromycocetes species. A delay in anti-fungal treatment might result in a lethal clinical outcome. We were unable to establish an accurate diagnosis based on histological findings and cerebrospinal flu...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Yukiko, Toda, Kunio, Toi, Sono, Yano, Tetsundo, Iijima, Mutsumi, Shimizu, Yuko, Nagashima, Yoji, Itakura, Yasutomo, Iguchi, Shigekazu, Kikuchi, Ken, Shibuya, Kazutoshi, Nonaka, Manabu, Kitagawa, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8429304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33678746
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6809-20

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