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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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XIII. Mucormycosis

Case 63. Mucormycosis / Basalioma

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Fig. 63-A4

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Fig. 63-A4
Fig. 63-A4: Mucormycosis

Smear of the culture colony of Rhizopus sp. This fungus is one the many fungal species which may cause this mycosis. The rhizoid aspect of the hyphae is typical. The principal genera whose species may cause this mycosis are Rhizopus, Absidia and Mucor.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela