 Mucormycosis
"Mucormycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order Mucorales (e.g., Absidia, Mucor, Rhizopus etc.) There are many clinical types associated with infection of the central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an opportunistic infection in patients with a chronic debilitating disease, particularly uncontrolled diabetes, or who are receiving immunosuppressive agents. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
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D009091
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C01.703.980.600
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucormycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Kumar M, Jantausch B, Torres C, Campos J, Zelazny A. Central Line-Associated Mucor velutinosus Bloodstream Infection in an Immunocompetent Pediatric Patient. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 May 15; 7(2):e55-e57.
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Marty FM, Cornely OA, Mullane KM, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Maher RM, Croos-Dabrera R, Lu Q, Lademacher C, Oren I, Schmitt-Hoffmann AH, Giladi M, Rahav G, Perfect JR. Isavuconazole for treatment of invasive fungal diseases caused by more than one fungal species. Mycoses. 2018 Jul; 61(7):485-497.
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Perfect JR, Cornely OA, Heep M, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Mullane KM, Maher R, Croos-Dabrera R, Lademacher C, Engelhardt M, Chen C, Marty FM. Isavuconazole treatment for rare fungal diseases and for invasive aspergillosis in patients with renal impairment: Challenges and lessons of the VITAL trial. Mycoses. 2018 Jul; 61(7):420-429.
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Marty FM, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Cornely OA, Mullane KM, Perfect JR, Thompson GR, Alangaden GJ, Brown JM, Fredricks DN, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Klimko N, Klyasova G, Maertens JA, Melinkeri SR, Oren I, Pappas PG, Rácil Z, Rahav G, Santos R, Schwartz S, Vehreschild JJ, Young JH, Chetchotisakd P, Jaruratanasirikul S, Kanj SS, Engelhardt M, Kaufhold A, Ito M, Lee M, Sasse C, Maher RM, Zeiher B, Vehreschild MJGT. Isavuconazole treatment for mucormycosis: a single-arm open-label trial and case-control analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jul; 16(7):828-837.
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Zhou M, Farooq AV, Andreoli MT, Ali M, Traish AS. Bilateral Rhizopus keratitis in a cocaine user. Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb; 51(1):e21-3.
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Farooq AV, Patel RM, Lin AY, Setabutr P, Sartori J, Aakalu VK. Fungal Orbital Cellulitis: Presenting Features, Management and Outcomes at a Referral Center. Orbit. 2015 Jun; 34(3):152-9.
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Chung JH, Godwin JD, Chien JW, Pipavath SJ. Case 160: Pulmonary mucormycosis. Radiology. 2010 Aug; 256(2):667-70.
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Mezhir JJ, Mullane KM, Zarling J, Satoskar R, Pai RK, Roggin KK. Successful nonoperative management of gastrointestinal mucormycosis: novel therapy for invasive disease. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2009 Oct; 10(5):447-51.
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Odessey E, Cohn A, Beaman K, Schechter L. Invasive mucormycosis of the maxillary sinus: extensive destruction with an indolent presentation. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008 Feb; 9(1):91-8.
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Garey KW, Pendland SL, Huynh VT, Bunch TH, Jensen GM, Pursell KJ. Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a bone marrow transplant patient: amphotericin lung penetration, MIC determinations, and review of the literature. Pharmacotherapy. 2001 Jul; 21(7):855-60.
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