Chronic rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India.

نویسندگان

  • B M Hemashettar
  • R N Patil
  • Kerry O'Donnell
  • Vishnu Chaturvedi
  • Ping Ren
  • Arvind A Padhye
چکیده

In this article, we describe a chronic case of rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis, formerly known as Rhizomucor variabilis var. variabilis, a rare mycotic agent in humans. The infection caused progressive destruction of the nasal septum and soft and hard palate, leading to collapse of the nose bridge and an ulcerative gaping hole. The mucoralean mold cultured from a nasal biopsy specimen was determined by multilocus DNA sequence data to be conspecific with M. irregularis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 49 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011