 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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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.980.600
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucormycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Lewis RE, Liao G, Wang W, Prince RA, Kontoyiannis DP. Voriconazole pre-exposure selects for breakthrough mucormycosis in a mixed model of Aspergillus fumigatus-Rhizopus oryzae pulmonary infection. Virulence. 2011 Jul-Aug; 2(4):348-55.
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Lewis RE, Albert ND, Liao G, Hou J, Prince RA, Kontoyiannis DP. Comparative pharmacodynamics of amphotericin B lipid complex and liposomal amphotericin B in a murine model of pulmonary mucormycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar; 54(3):1298-304.
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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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