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Mucormycosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A Case-Series of Patients with Maxillary Sinus Involvement and a Critical Review of the Literature
Int J Inf Dis 15:e533-e540, Mignogna, M.D.,et al, 2011
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Article Abstract
The literature analysis revealed that even in immunocompetent/otherwise healthy individuals mucormycosis infection has a worldwide distribution. What might be the real predisposing factors involved in its pathogenesis in such patients and the real causes of this peculiar geographic distribution still remains unknown. It is likely that, in our cases, a chronic insult of a well-defined and localized body area might have resulted in a local immunocompromission, thus fostering the development of an invasive fungal infection.
 
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