PhycomycosesB46.5

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Phycomycetosis; Phycomycosis; Zygomycoses; Zygomycosis

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Outdated term for deep mycoses, mostly occurring in the tropics, whose pathogens were formerly known as phycomycetes (algae fungi). The fungi defined as phycomycetes are now called entomophthorales or "fly killer fungi". Certain species of Entomophthorales also play a pathogenic role in humans (see e.g. conidiobolomycosis).

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Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, Mortierella, Cunninghamella, Zygomycetes, Zygomycetes, Entomophthorales, Conidiobolus species,

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S.a. Mucorycoses

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Harmann RR et al (1964) Subcutaneous phycomycosis in Nigeria. Br J Dermatol 76:408-420

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer