Rhinocerebral maxillary mucormycosis: A palatal ulcer

• Main Authors: D N S V Ramesh (Author), Gulnaaz Anjum (Author), Thriveni Rukmangada (Author), Neelkanth Patil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mucormycosis, caused by saprophytic fungi of the order Mucorales of the class zygomycetes, is a rare opportunistic fungal infection, which has a rapidly progressive and fulminant course with fatal outcome. Mucormycosis can result in an acute, rapidly advancing and occasionally fatal disease caused b...