Ann Lab Med.  2014 Jan;34(1):76-79. 10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.76.

Fatal Pulmonary Mucormycosis Caused by Rhizopus microsporus in a Patient with Diabetes

• Kim MJ
• Park PW
• Ahn JY
• Kim KH
• Seo JY
• Jeong JH
• Park MJ
• Jung JW
• Seo YH

• KMID: 1781367
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.76

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged, 80 and over
DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications/diagnosis
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Mucormycosis/*complications/diagnosis/*microbiology
Rhizopus/*isolation & purification
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
DNA, Ribosomal

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Computed tomography of chest showed traction bronchiectasis, fibrosis, and large cavitary lesion in both upper lobes.

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  Fig. 2 Culture of sputum incubated at room temperature on Sabouraud dextrose agar for 3 days. (A) The front side shows whitish cottony aerial colonies. (B) The reverse side shows light yellow colonies.

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  Fig. 3 Rhizopus microsporus. The stolons with rhizoids were shown right under unbranched brown sporangiophores about 600 µm high having columellate, and brown sporangia filled with sporangiospores (lactophenol cotton blue stain, ×400).

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