Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis attributable to Apophysomyces elegans in an immunocompetent individual: case report and review of the literature

J Trauma. 2001 Feb;50(2):353-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-200102000-00027.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology*
  • Brain Diseases / surgery
  • Debridement
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Male
  • Mucormycosis / microbiology*
  • Mucormycosis / therapy*
  • Orbit Evisceration
  • Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology*
  • Orbital Diseases / surgery
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / drug therapy
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / microbiology*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / surgery
  • Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B