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Zygomycosis

Known as: Phycomycosis or Mucormycosis, Mucormycosis, Zygomycosis [Disease/Finding] 
Infection in humans and animals caused by fungi in the class Zygomycetes. It includes MUCORMYCOSIS and entomophthoramycosis. The latter is a tropical… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Early diagnosis and monitoring of mucormycosis by detection of circulating DNA in serum: retrospective analysis of 44 cases collected through the French Surveillance Network of Invasive Fungal…
Review
2012
Review
2012
Healthcare-associated mucormycosis.
Mucormycosis is a severe emerging invasive fungal infection that occurs as a consequence of environmental exposure. We… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Zygomycosis in Children: A Systematic Review and Analysis of Reported Cases
Background: Zygomycosis has emerged as an increasingly important infection with a high mortality especially in immunocompromised… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Preperitonal pelvic packing for hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures: a paradigm shift.
BACKGROUND The current management of pelvic fracture patients who are hemodynamically unstable in the United States consists of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The iron chelator deferasirox protects mice from mucormycosis through iron starvation.
Mucormycosis causes mortality in at least 50% of cases despite current first-line therapies. Clinical and animal data indicate… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Invasive zygomycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving voriconazole prophylaxis.
We report 4 cases of invasive zygomycosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, all occurring after May 2003, when… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Histologic features of zygomycosis: emphasis on perineural invasion and fungal morphology.
OBJECTIVE Invasive zygomycosis is rapidly progressive and is associated with angioinvasion and infarction. Invasive disease… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
A review of zygomycosis due to Basidiobolus ranarum
Zygomycosis due to Basidiobolus ranarum (entomophthoromycosis basidiobolae, subcutaneous zygomycosis, subcutaneous phycomycosis… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Improved Diagnosis and Prognosis of Mucormyucosis: A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF 33 CASES
Mucormycosis is an uncommon, frequently fatal, fungal infection which rarely arises in otherwise healthy people (15, 18, 92). An… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Hospital-acquired mucormycosis (Rhizopus rhizopodiformis) of skin and subcutaneous tissue: epidemiology, mycology and treatment.
INFECTIONS due to fungi of the class zygomycetes and order mucorales (rhizopus, mucor and absidia) are well recognized… 
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