ALLMedicine™ Zygomycosis Center

Jan 19th, 2021 - A neonate of 29 weeks' gestation who received probiotics developed clinical signs suggesting surgical necrotizing enterocolitis. A specimen of resected ileum revealed fungal forms within the bowel wall. Rhizopus oryzae was detected via DNA sequenc...

Apr 5th, 2020 - Empiric Therapy Regimens General recommendations and empiric therapeutic regimens for necrotizing fasciitis are outlined below, including treatment based on Gram stain results and treatment for patients allergic to penicillin. [1, 2] Although necr...

Apr 24th, 2019 - General recommendations and empiric therapeutic regimens for necrotizing fasciitis are outlined below, including treatment based on Gram stain results and treatment for patients allergic to penicillin.[1, 2] Although necrotizing fasciitis is most ...

Mar 18th, 2019 - Mucor is an angioinvasive fungus that was reported mainly in immunocompromised patients. It usually presents as rhino-orbital, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and disseminated disease. Isolated renal mucormycosis is an extremely rare infection in imm...

INTRODUCTION — Mucormycosis is manifested by a variety of different syndromes in humans, particularly in immunocompromised patients and those with diabetes mellitus [1]. Devastating rhino-orbital-cerebral and pulmonary infections are the most comm...

Jun 30th, 2008 - Evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of established fungal infections in the adult haematology/oncology setting were developed by a national consensus working group representing clinicians, pharmacists and microbiologists. These updated gui...

Jan 19th, 2021 - A neonate of 29 weeks' gestation who received probiotics developed clinical signs suggesting surgical necrotizing enterocolitis. A specimen of resected ileum revealed fungal forms within the bowel wall. Rhizopus oryzae was detected via DNA sequenc...

Apr 5th, 2020 - Empiric Therapy Regimens General recommendations and empiric therapeutic regimens for necrotizing fasciitis are outlined below, including treatment based on Gram stain results and treatment for patients allergic to penicillin. [1, 2] Although necr...

Jan 16th, 2020 - Amphotericin B for Injection USP should be administered primarily to patients with progressive, potentially life-threatening fungal infections. This potent drug should not be used to treat noninvasive fungal infections, such as oral thrush, vagina...

Apr 24th, 2019 - General recommendations and empiric therapeutic regimens for necrotizing fasciitis are outlined below, including treatment based on Gram stain results and treatment for patients allergic to penicillin.[1, 2] Although necrotizing fasciitis is most ...

Mar 18th, 2019 - Mucor is an angioinvasive fungus that was reported mainly in immunocompromised patients. It usually presents as rhino-orbital, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and disseminated disease. Isolated renal mucormycosis is an extremely rare infection in imm...

Jan 10th, 2016 - Contaminated laundry led to an outbreak of cutaneous and pulmonary zygomycosis that killed three immunocompromised patients and sickened three others at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong. The contamination was traced to a contract laundry service t.

Nov 4th, 2013 - 1. The fungus classically associated with erythematous nodules along the lymphatics on the extremities is: a.

Jun 9th, 2011 - • A 39-year-old construction worker comes in with multiple injuries after an off-roading vehicle accident. On hospital day 7, he develops severe facial swelling and periorbital pain; imaging shows a periorbital abscess with extension toward the br.