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Rhizomucor sp.

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Examples

- Rhizomucor miehei
- Rhizopus oryzae (16882613)
- Rhizomucor pusillus (16272531)

Pathology

- Rhizomycosis infections (rhizomycoses)

See also

- zygomycoses (mucormycoses)

References

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- Yu J, Li RY. Primary renal zygomycosis due to Rhizopus oryzae. Med Mycol. 2006 Aug;44(5):461-6. PMID: 16882613

- Vazquez L, Mateos JJ, Sanz-Rodriguez C, Perez E, Caballero D, San Miguel JF. Successful treatment of rhinocerebral zygomycosis with a combination of caspofungin and liposomal amphotericin B. Haematologica. 2005 Dec;90(12 Suppl):ECR39. PMID: 16464754

- Iwen PC, Freifeld AG, Sigler L, Tarantolo SR. Molecular identification of Rhizomucor pusillus as a cause of sinus-orbital zygomycosis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Nov;43(11):5819-21. PMID: 16272531

- Ma B, Seymour JF, Januszewicz H, Slavin MA. Cure of pulmonary Rhizomucor pusillus infection in a patient with hairy-cell leukemia: role of liposomal amphotericin B and GM-CSF. Leuk Lymphoma. 2001 Nov-Dec;42(6):1393-9. PMID: 11911424

- St-Germain G, Robert A, Ishak M, Tremblay C, Claveau S. Infection due to Rhizomucor pusillus: report of four cases in patients with leukemia and review. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 May;16(5):640-5. PMID: 8507755

- Severo LC, Job F, Mattos TC. Systemic zygomycosis: nosocomial infection by Rhizomucor pusillus. Mycopathologia. 1991 Feb;113(2):79-80. PMID: 2034262

- Wickline CL, Cornitius TG, Butler T. Cellulitis caused by Rhizomucor pusillus in a diabetic patient receiving continuous insulin infusion pump therapy. South Med J. 1989 Nov;82(11):1432-4. PMID: 2814631

- del Palacio Hernanz A, Fereres J, Larregla Garraus S, Rodriguez-Noriega A, Sanz Sanz F. Nosocomial infection by Rhizomucor pusillus in a clinical haematology unit. J Hosp Infect. 1983 Mar;4(1):45-9. PMID: 6190884