TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Lung Infection, Mucormycosis A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Infection occurs after inhalation of sporangiospores, germination in a hyphal form• Pulmonary infection occurs in immunocompromised persons, follows a fulminant pattern• Distinct clinical syndromes:-Rhinocerebral infection: Direct extension in CNS from paranasal sinus infection-Cutaneous infection: Burn patients-GI infection: Children with protein-calorie malnutrition-Disseminated infection: Uremic patients receiving deferoxamine therapy SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58094036 ER -