Managing chromoblastomycosis
- 19 March 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Tropical Doctor
- Vol. 40 (2) , 65-67
- https://doi.org/10.1258/td.2009.090264
Abstract
Mucormycosis is an aggressive, opportunistic infection caused by fungi belonging to the class of Phycomycetes. Rhino-occulo-cerebral mucormycosis is the commonest anatomical presentation of mucormycosis and is a potentially fatal disease. We report here a case of a 65-year-old diabetic female who presented with a locally invasive type of mucormycosis and was treated successfully by surgical debridement along with medical treatment (Amphoterecin-B and insulin).Keywords
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