| Autor: |
Aparna K, Sanath, Meghanand T, Nayak, Sunitha, Jd, Shilpa Dutta, Malik, Sanath, Aithal |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Ceskoslovenska patologie. 56(4) |
| ISSN: |
1210-7875 |
| Popis: |
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection with a high fatality rate and is the third most common fungal infection that is invasive in nature, next to candidiasis and aspergillosis. The condition is generally vasotropic and angio-invasive in nature. It gets disseminated to a wider area locally and also exhibits a distant spread. It is usually associated with medically compromised patients. However, mucormycosis in immunocompetent individuals is gaining attention as several cases have been reported throughout the world with a high incidence of such cases being reported from the Indian subcontinent. It is attributed to the poor socio-economic status and triggered by the local trauma due to unhygienic setup or poor health care. The pathway of pathogenesis is not clearly understood in immunocompetent patients and therefore becomes a matter of great concern. Here, we report one such case of mucormycosis affecting the maxillary region following tooth extraction in a 42-year-old male. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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