A RARE ZYGOMYCOSIS DUE TO CUNNINGHAMELLA-BERTHOLLETIAE

Authors
DERMOUMI H
Citation
H. Dermoumi, A RARE ZYGOMYCOSIS DUE TO CUNNINGHAMELLA-BERTHOLLETIAE, Mycoses, 36(9-10), 1993, pp. 293-294
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
36
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
293 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1993)36:9-10<293:ARZDTC>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
An unusual endobronchial zygomycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholleti ae in a leukaemic patient is reported. Following bypass operation, fun gal infection developed. The patient died on day 7 after surgery as a result of long-term immunosuppressive treatment and haemodynamic compl ications.