Open AccessChronic Rhinofacial Mucormycosis Caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India
Author(s) -
B. M. Hemashettar,
R. N. Patil,
Kerry O’Donnell,
Vishnu Chaturvedi,
Ping Ren,
Arvind A. Padhye
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02326-10
Subject(s) - mucor , mucormycosis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , medicine , aspergillus
In this article, we describe a chronic case of rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis, formerly known as Rhizomucor variabilis var. variabilis, a rare mycotic agent in humans. The infection caused progressive destruction of the nasal septum and soft and hard palate, leading to collapse of the nose bridge and an ulcerative gaping hole. The mucoralean mold cultured from a nasal biopsy specimen was determined by multilocus DNA sequence data to be conspecific with M. irregularis.
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