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| Year : 2008 |
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Sino-orbital infection by syncephalastrum racemosum in chronic hepatorenal disease
VP Baradkar, Meenakshi Mathur, Monalisa Panda, Simit Kumar
Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, India
Correspondence Address:
V P Baradkar
Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.42199
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We describe the first recorded case of invasive rhino-orbital infection with the zygomycete Syncephalastrum racemosum in a 45-year-old male patient with chronic hepatitis B infection, along with cirrhosis of liver. The patient was successfully treated with partial surgical debridement and liposomal amphotericin B. |
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