Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin is an acute infection caused by opportunistic fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales, which affects mainly diabetic and immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a 63-year old diabetic man who performed a dental extraction on himself b...

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Published in:Biomédica
Main Authors: José Humberto Bravo, Andrés Mauricio Agudelo, Armando Cortés, Lorena Matta
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018
Subjects:
Mucormycosis
mycoses
fungi
Rhizopus
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3383
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1f47373245b34bf7ad9421c819cb0210 2023-05-15T14:57:26+02:00 Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report José Humberto Bravo Andrés Mauricio Agudelo Armando Cortés Lorena Matta 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3383 https://doaj.org/article/1f47373245b34bf7ad9421c819cb0210 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3383 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3383 https://doaj.org/article/1f47373245b34bf7ad9421c819cb0210 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 38, Iss 1, Pp 27-31 (2018) Mucormycosis mycoses fungi Rhizopus Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3383 2022-12-31T00:01:13Z Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin is an acute infection caused by opportunistic fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales, which affects mainly diabetic and immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a 63-year old diabetic man who performed a dental extraction on himself by his own means and subsequently developed a rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis with cutaneous and palatal affection. The species isolated in the mycological culture was Rhizopus sp. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 38 1 27
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Spanish
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mycoses
fungi
Rhizopus
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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mycoses
fungi
Rhizopus
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
José Humberto Bravo
Andrés Mauricio Agudelo
Armando Cortés
Lorena Matta
Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report
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fungi
Rhizopus
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin is an acute infection caused by opportunistic fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales, which affects mainly diabetic and immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a 63-year old diabetic man who performed a dental extraction on himself by his own means and subsequently developed a rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis with cutaneous and palatal affection. The species isolated in the mycological culture was Rhizopus sp.
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author José Humberto Bravo
Andrés Mauricio Agudelo
Armando Cortés
Lorena Matta
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Lorena Matta
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title Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report
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title_full Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report
title_fullStr Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report
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