Emerging Rhizopus microsporus Infections in India

J Clin Microbiol. 2018 May 25;56(6):e00433-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00433-18. Print 2018 Jun.

Authors

Mragnayani Pandey^#¹, Gagandeep Singh^#¹, Reshu Agarwal^#¹, Yubhisha Dabas¹, Viveka P Jyotsna², Rakesh Kumar³, Immaculata Xess^#⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India immaxess@gmail.com.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: India; Rhizopus microsporus; mucormycosis; uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
DNA, Intergenic / genetics
Diabetes Complications / microbiology
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus / microbiology
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
India / epidemiology
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / epidemiology*
Mucormycosis / mortality
Phylogeny
Rhizopus / genetics*
Rhizopus / isolation & purification
Young Adult

Substances

DNA, Intergenic