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Volume 64, Issue 12 , Pages 1795-1802 , December 2006

Fatal Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Zygomycosis Caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a Healthy Patient

Petr Schütz, MD
- Consultant, Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Al-Adan Dental Center, Kuwait.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Schütz: PO Box 1126, 15462 Dasman, Kuwait
Jamal H. Behbehani, MBBCH, FRCSC
- Consultant, Head of Ophthalmology Department, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
Zia U. Khan, PhD
- Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Suhail Ahmad, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Mahmood A. Kazem, MBBCH, FRCSC
- Senior Registrar, Ophthalmology Department, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
Rita Dhar, MD
- Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Laboratories, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
Waddah Eskaf, MSc
- Registrar Pathologist, Department of Laboratories, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
Hussein H. Hamed, BDS, HDD, MSc, PhD
- Senior Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Al-Adan Dental Center, Kuwait.
Larry L. Cunningham Jr, DDS, MD
- Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program, Lexington, KY.