Rhino-orbitocerebral entomophthoramycosis

Conidiobolus coronatus is recognized as a human pathogen causing subcutaneous fungal infection of the face in immunocompetent patients. The disease process is usually benign. We report, what we believe to be the first case of intracranial extension of C. coronatus producing rhino-orbitocerebral synd...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery 2006-03, Vol.35 (3), p.277-280
Hauptverfasser:	Hoogendijk, C.F., van Heerden, W.F.P., Pretorius, E., Vismer, H.F., Jacobs, J.F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Brain Abscess - microbiology Conidiobolus - isolation & purification Dentistry Fatal Outcome Female Human mycoses Humans Infectious diseases Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis Medical sciences Miscellaneous Mycoses Nose Diseases - microbiology Orbital Diseases - microbiology Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology Tropical mycoses Zygomycosis - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Conidiobolus coronatus is recognized as a human pathogen causing subcutaneous fungal infection of the face in immunocompetent patients. The disease process is usually benign. We report, what we believe to be the first case of intracranial extension of C. coronatus producing rhino-orbitocerebral syndrome, and subsequent dissemination of C. coronatus in an immunocompetent patient.
ISSN:	0901-5027 1399-0020
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijom.2005.07.021