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Invasive Zygomycosis With a Fatal Outcome
Mohamed Badawy Abdel-Naser, MD;
Nagwa Yousef;
Nehal Zou El-Fakar;
Ossama Hassan Abdullatif;
Uwe Wollina, MD;
Mohamed Abdel-Rahim Abdallah, MD
Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:1211-1213.
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REPORT OF CASES
CASE 1
A previously healthy 24-year-old male Egyptian farmer had nasal obstruction, mucopurulent nasal discharge, recurrent attacks of headache, hyposmia, and a painless nonpruritic erythematous plaque on his nose and adjacent parts of the face and nasal mucosa (Figure 1). The condition had started 12 months earlier as a small erythematous indurated plaque that gradually increased in size to approximately 12 cm in diameter. The lesion was firm, with a well-defined, slightly raised border. A similar plaque about 4 cm in diameter was seen on the lateral aspect of his right thigh. There was no adenopathy. The patient denied any other symptoms, specifically fever, night sweats, or weight loss. Laboratory findings were all within normal range, including those for serum immunoglobulin levels and CD4 and CD8 T-cell counts. The results of . . . [Full Text of this Article] CASE 2
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Abdel-Naser, Yousef, El-Fakar, and Abdallah) and Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat (Dr Abdullatif), Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Dermatology, Academic Teaching Hospital, Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany (Dr Wollina).
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Notice of Duplicate Publication: "Invasive Zygomycosis With a Fatal Outcome" (Arch Dermatol. 2005;141[10]:1211-1213)
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Arch Dermatol 2008;144:558-558.
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