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<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id>S1816-89492017000300075</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2017.050(03)75-082</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mucormicosis rinocerebral - Reporte de 4 casos.]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Mucormicosis rhinocerebral - Communication of 4 cases.]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aldama Caballero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arnaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Duarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aldama Negrete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabián]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Insaurralde]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sonia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendoza de Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gloria]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Celías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Cátedra de Dermatología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Nacional de Itauguá  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio Privado  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Dirección de Anatomía Patológica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>50</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>75</fpage>
<lpage>82</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492017000300075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492017000300075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492017000300075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La Mucormicosis es una infección poco frecuente, de elevada morbi-mortalidad producida por hongos oportunistas del orden Mucorales, pertenecientes a varias familias y especies. Presenta varias formas clínicas, siendo la más frecuente la rinocerebral y, los factores predisponentes son muchos, pero los principales son la diabetes mellitus descompensada y la leucemia. Se reporta 4 casos de mucormicosis de la forma rinocerebral, relacionados con diabetes mellitus, 3 de ellos con evolución fatal. En todos los casos se observaron en el estudio micológico y, en la anatomía patológica las características hifas hialinas cenocíticas con ramificaciones en ángulo recto y en 2 de los casos, el cultivo identificó al Rhizopus spp y al Mycoclades spp como los responsables.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The mucormycosis is a rare infection, with high morbidity and mortality; produced by opportunistic fungi of the order Mucorales belonging to several families and species. This infection presents several clinical forms. The most common is the rhino-cerebral. Predisposing factors are many but the principals are decompensated diabetes mellitus and leukemia. We report four cases of rhino-cerebral mucormycosis related to diabetes mellitus; three of them with fatal evolution. In all cases, we found both in the mycological study and in the pathological anatomy the characteristics of hyaline hyphae with right-angled branches. Particularly, in two cases, the culture identified Rhizopus spp and Mycoclades spp as responsible.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mucormicosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mucormicosis en diabetes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mucormicosis rinocerebral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mucormycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mucormycosis in diabetes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rhino-cerebral mucormycosis]]></kwd>
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