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A trifungal infection of the mandible: case report and literature review.

Lador N, Polacheck I, Gural A, Sanatski E, Garfunkel A

Department of Hospital Oral Medicine Service, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. info@gymservice.com

Orofacial fungal infections are occasionally seen in the immunocompromised patient. In this case, a patient with a relapse of an acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) developed a fatal mandibular infection. This may be the first reported case of a trifungal infection with zygomycosis, aspergillosis, and candidiasis in the oral cavity and the fifth mandibular zygomycosis case. Epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of zygomycosis infection are reviewed, along with the 4 mandibular zygomycosis cases found in the English literature.

Published 20 March 2006 in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 101(4): 451-6.
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