Publications by authors named "Fady L Shoukair"
The murine parotid salivary glands develop postnatally, shaping oral mucosal immunity in early and adult life. This protocol details the surgical removal of the parotid glands (parotidectomy) of mice. We also describe a protocol for saliva collection to enable manipulation and measurement of physiological and immunological salivary functions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful Mandibular Mucormycosis Treatment in the Severely Neutropenic Patient.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
June 2019
Purpose: Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic and aggressive deep fungal infection that predominantly affects immunocompromised patients, and its mortality rate has been reported as up to 80%. Typing of the infection is based mainly on clinical and anatomic presentations, with the most common being the rhinocerebral type.
Materials And Methods: This report presents 3 patients with cancer who had successful treatment of mandibular mucormycosis.