Journal:
:iranian journal of microbiology
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p badiee prof. alborzi clinical microbiology research center, post code 7193711351, nemazee hospital, zand ave., shiraz, iran.
z jafarpour prof. alborzi clinical microbiology research center, post code 7193711351, nemazee hospital, zand ave., shiraz, iran.
a alborzi prof. alborzi clinical microbiology research center, post code 7193711351, nemazee hospital, zand ave., shiraz, iran.
p haddadi student research committee, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran.
m rasuli prof. alborzi clinical microbiology research center, post code 7193711351, nemazee hospital, zand ave., shiraz, iran.
m kalani prof. alborzi clinical microbiology research center, post code 7193711351, nemazee hospital, zand ave., shiraz, iran.
background: orbital mucormycosis caused by zygomycetes is a rare and fatal infection that generally affects the patients who are immunocompromised. despite antifungal therapy and aggressive surgical intervention, mucormycosis can cause serious and rapidly fatal infections if delayed diagnosis or therapeutic management occurs. here, we report orbital mucormycosis in a healthy boy, wit...