"Zygomycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Infection in humans and animals caused by fungi in the class Zygomycetes. It includes MUCORMYCOSIS and entomophthoramycosis. The latter is a tropical infection of subcutaneous tissue or paranasal sinuses caused by fungi in the order Entomophthorales. Phycomycosis, closely related to zygomycosis, describes infection with members of Phycomycetes, an obsolete classification.
| Descriptor ID |
D020096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.980
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zygomycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in a patient suffering from duodenal ulcer with perforation: First case report from Italy. New Microbiol. 2019 Apr; 42(2):125-128.
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A Rhinofacial Conidiobolus coronatus Fungal Infection Presenting as an Intranasal Tumour. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2018 Nov; 18(4):e549-e552.
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Staring at the stars: a case of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis from the Indian subcontinent. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Sep 05; 2018.
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First isolation of Conidiobolus sp. in a respiratory sample of a patient in Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Nov; 23(11):834.
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Community-acquired acute kidney injury in Asia. Semin Nephrol. 2008 Jul; 28(4):330-347.
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Drosophila melanogaster as a model host to dissect the immunopathogenesis of zygomycosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 08; 105(27):9367-72.
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Posaconazole is effective as salvage therapy in zygomycosis: a retrospective summary of 91 cases. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 01; 42(7):e61-5.