Isolated Cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient—A Case Report

Abstract Isolated Infection of central nervous system by the family Mucoraceae is a rare but life-threatening infection. We present a case of isolated cerebral mucormycosis in a 53-year-old immunocompetent woman without any rhinoorbital focus. She underwent excision biopsy followed by treatment with...

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Main Authors: R. Hari Kishore Reddy, Subodh Raju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-03-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1549063