Zygomycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae: clinical and pathologic aspects
McGinnis, M.R.; Walker, D.H.; Dominy, I.E.; Kaplan, W.
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 106(6): 282-286
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9985 PMID: 6896434 Document Number: 195251
Two cases of disseminated systemic zygomycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae in compromised persons were studied. The underlying disease in one patient was hematopoietic dysplasia (preleukemic syndrome) and in the other, postnecrotic hepatic cirrhosis. A definitive diagnosis of zygomycosis caused by C bertholletiae is achieved only by isolation and identification of the fungus and by demonstration of tissue invasion.