5,959 results match your criteria: "Zygomycosis"
Microbiol Spectr
October 2024
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Pan Afr Med J
August 2024
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Airlangga University, Dr Soetomo Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia.
BMC Infect Dis
August 2024
Isfahan Eye Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Transplant Proc
September 2024
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Med Mycol
September 2024
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven and Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Med Mycol
August 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 05505 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Trop Doct
October 2024
Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
BMC Infect Dis
August 2024
Alborzi clinical microbiology research center, department of pediatrics, School of medicine, Nemazi hospital, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background And Objectives: Zygomycosis, a severe form of fungal infection, is classified into two categories: Mucorales and Entomophthorales. Within the Entomophthorales category, Basidiobolomycosis is a rarely recognized genus that can have significant health implications. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment, which includes the use of antifungal medication and surgical procedures, are vital for enhancing the prognosis of patients.
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August 2024
Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare, life-threatening fungal infection usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Mortality in such patients is high due to underlying immunosuppression and poor general condition of the patients. Invasion of the adjacent structures is known but, to the best of our knowledge, pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with a full thickness chest wall erosion has not been reported.
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July 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Background: Following the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak (COVID-19), it became a worrisome health burden worldwide. COVID-19-associated mucormycosis emergence, characterized by dysregulated inflammation and iron metabolism, exacerbated the prognosis of affected patients. Given the significance of hepcidin in regulating inflammation and iron metabolism, this study investigated the significance of hepcidin single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in COVID-19-associated mucormycosis development, along with the association between the clinical and laboratory factors and COVID-19-associated mucormycosis.
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August 2024
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Pinghai Road No. 899, Suzhou 215000, China.
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection that can result in severe lung infections, with pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) being one of the most prevalent manifestations. Prompt diagnosis is crucial for patient survival, as PM often exhibits rapid clinical progression and carries a high fatality rate. Broncho-alveolar lavage fluid or endobronchial biopsy (EBB) has been commonly employed for diagnosing PM, although there is limited mention of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the literature.
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July 2024
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Electronic address:
Background: Pulmonary Mucormycosis (PM) is a relatively uncommon fungal disease, usually manifested in immunocompromised patients. It has an aggressive course, along with dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment. In view of the surge of Mucormycosis patients in COVID 19 pandemic, clinicians need to consider PM in suspected cases, and act in an expedited manner to avoid misdiagnosis and initiate prompt treatment.
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May 2024
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by fungi of the Mucorales order that occurs in immunocompromised individuals or with loss of skin or mucosa barrier integrity. This report presents four cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis attended at a third-level hospital in Cali (Colombia) during a period of three years. All patients had different case histories and times of evolution.
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August 2024
State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Introduction: New diagnostic methods and antifungal strategies may improve prognosis of mucormycosis. We describe the diagnostic value of metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing (mNGS) and identify the prognostic factors of mucormycosis.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of hematologic patients suffered from mucormycosis and treated with monotherapy [amphotericin B (AmB) or posaconazole] or combination therapy (AmB and posaconazole).
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
October 2024
Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center .
Intestinal mucormycosis is a rare manifestation of the Mucor fungus, associated with high mortality and typically found in immunocompromised patients, though it has also been described in immunocompetent individuals. The mode of acquisition is digestive. It usually presents as abdominal pain, with ischemia and intestinal perforation, and the diagnosis is often histopathological after surgical resection.
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July 2024
Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a rare, invasive, and fatal fungal disease that is often easily misdiagnosed in the early stages due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations and adequate auxiliary examinations. Early diagnosis and timely therapy are essential for successful treatment. In this report, we presented a 46-year-old man with diabetes who experienced gradual vision loss, right ptosis, swelling, and headaches that progressively worsened to death within 4 days after admission.
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July 2024
Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Mucormycosis is an emerging and deadly invasive fungal infection caused by fungi belonging to the Mucorales order. We investigated the myosin superfamily, which encompasses diverse actin-based motor proteins with various cellular functions. Specifically, the role of the Myo5B (ID 179665) protein from the myosin class V family in was explored by generating silencing phenotypes and null mutants corresponding to the gene.
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August 2024
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Laboratory of Fungal Interaction and Molecular Biology (Donated by IFO), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
is a species in the order Mucorales that is known to cause mucormycosis, but it is poorly understood as a host of viruses. Here, we examined 25 clinical strains of for viral infection with a conventional double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) assay using agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) and the recently established fragmented and primer-ligated dsRNA sequencing (FLDS) protocol. By AGE, five virus-infected strains were detected.
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October 2024
Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
This study aimed to design and evaluate a universal primer for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)- based detection of mucormycosis-causing fungi by targeting their Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences. In-silico analysis was conducted to assess primer suitability. Using Clustal Omega and Primer-BLAST, ITS sequences of 32 fungi species causing mucormycosis were aligned and subjected to primer design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
July 2024
Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Am J Otolaryngol
August 2024
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Objectives: To evaluate surgical outcomes of invasive fungal rhinosinusitis MATERIALS AND METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample Database (2000-2015 Q3) was queried for patients with a diagnosis of aspergillosis and/or mucormycosis and a diagnosis of acute sinusitis using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition. Factors associated with inpatient mortality were then identified with multivariate logistic regression.
Results: 514 adult patients with a median age of 57.
Cureus
June 2024
Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinitis are rare yet severe complications post-cardiac surgery, often associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Fungal etiologies, particularly those caused by spp., are infrequent but can lead to aggressive infections.
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December 2023
Department of Nephrology, Jupiter Hospital, Thane, Mharashtra, India.
Pulmonary mucormycosis is rare in kidney transplant recipients and has a high mortality rate. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as round pneumonia 1 year and 1 month after the transplant. The diagnosis was confirmed by a percutaneous lung biopsy.
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