 Zygomycosis
"Zygomycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Infection in humans and animals caused by fungi in the class Zygomycetes. It includes MUCORMYCOSIS and entomophthoramycosis. The latter is a tropical infection of subcutaneous tissue or paranasal sinuses caused by fungi in the order Entomophthorales. Phycomycosis, closely related to zygomycosis, describes infection with members of Phycomycetes, an obsolete classification.
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D020096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.980
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zygomycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Singh N, Aguado JM, Bonatti H, Forrest G, Gupta KL, Safdar N, John GT, Pursell KJ, Mu?oz P, Patel R, Fortun J, Martin-Davila P, Philippe B, Philit F, Tabah A, Terzi N, Chatelet V, Kusne S, Clark N, Blumberg E, Julia MB, Humar A, Houston S, Lass-Fl?rl C, Johnson L, Dubberke ER, Barron MA, Lortholary O. Zygomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients: a prospective, matched case-control study to assess risks for disease and outcome. J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15; 200(6):1002-11.
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Sun HY, Aguado JM, Bonatti H, Forrest G, Gupta KL, Safdar N, John GT, Pursell KJ, Mu?oz P, Patel R, Fortun J, Martin-Davila P, Philippe B, Philit F, Tabah A, Terzi N, Chatelet V, Kusne S, Clark N, Blumberg E, Julia MB, Humar A, Houston S, Lass-Florl C, Johnson L, Dubberke ER, Barron MA, Lortholary O, Singh N. Pulmonary zygomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients in the current era. Am J Transplant. 2009 Sep; 9(9):2166-71.
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Ferguson TD, Schniederjan SD, Dionne-Odom J, Brandt ME, Rinaldi MG, Nolte FS, Langston A, Zimmer SM. Posaconazole treatment for Apophysomyces elegans rhino-orbital zygomycosis following trauma for a male with well-controlled diabetes. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 May; 45(5):1648-51.
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Page RL, Schwiesow J, Hilts A. Posaconazole as salvage therapy in a patient with disseminated zygomycosis: case report and review of the literature. Pharmacotherapy. 2007 Feb; 27(2):290-8.
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Greenberg RN, Mullane K, van Burik JA, Raad I, Abzug MJ, Anstead G, Herbrecht R, Langston A, Marr KA, Schiller G, Schuster M, Wingard JR, Gonzalez CE, Revankar SG, Corcoran G, Kryscio RJ, Hare R. Posaconazole as salvage therapy for zygomycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jan; 50(1):126-33.
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Brand?o A, Marroni CA, Cerski CT, Gleisner AL, Zanotelli ML, Cantisani G. [Zygomycosis following liver transplantation in adults: report of three cases]. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2003 Nov-Dec; 36(6):729-33.
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