| Literature DB >> 20532826 |
Kirti Gupta1, Ritambhra Nada, Kusum Joshi, Minakshi Rohilla, Rama Walia.
Abstract
Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection by filamentous fungi that usually develops in immunocompromised patients. Most individuals have an underlying systemic disease, such as diabetes mellitus, malignancy, uraemia, burns, renal transplant recipients and those on corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy. Many cases of primary renal zygomycosis with lungs serving as the portal of entry have been reported from this region. We describe two autopsy cases of renal zygomycosis where bladder appeared to be the portal of entry for the fungus.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20532826 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9329-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mycopathologia ISSN: 0301-486X Impact factor: 2.574