"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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| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zygomycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Large eschar on the dorsal surface of the hand. Arch Dermatol. 2011 Feb; 147(2):235-40.
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Pearls & Oy-sters: isolated cerebral zygomycosis in an intravenous drug user. Neurology. 2011 Jan 04; 76(1):e1-2.
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Black hole in the lung. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jan; 46(1):154-5.
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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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Breakthrough zygomycosis and voriconazole. J Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 15; 192(8):1496-7; author reply 1497.