"Rhizopus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Mucoraceae, order MUCORALES, a common saprophyte and facultative parasite of mature fruits and vegetables. It may cause cerebral mycoses in diabetes and cutaneous infection in severely burned patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D012233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.300.500.800
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhizopus" by people in Profiles.
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Bilateral Rhizopus keratitis in a cocaine user. Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb; 51(1):e21-3.
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Zygomycetes hyphae trigger an early, robust proinflammatory response in human polymorphonuclear neutrophils through toll-like receptor 2 induction but display relative resistance to oxidative damage. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb; 52(2):722-4.
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Disseminated Rhizopus infection in a premature infant. Pediatr Dermatol. 1994 Dec; 11(4):346-50.