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            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
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            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.13.1.16</article-id>
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                <article-title>Mucormycosis: A Brief Review</article-title>
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                <contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Ramalingam</surname>
                        <given-names>Suganya </given-names>
                    </name>
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		<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Narasimhan</surname>
                        <given-names>Malathi </given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname> Karthikeyan</surname>
                        <given-names>Vinithra</given-names>
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       <contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname> Devi Janagaraj</surname>
                        <given-names>Vyshnavi</given-names>
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            <aff id="aff-1">Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Department of OMFS, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600 116, India.</aff> 
            <aff id="aff-2">Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600 116, India.</aff> 
            <aff id="aff-3">Vimala Dental Clinic, Tirumangalam, Madurai District; (Former Intern, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600 116, India.</aff> 
            <aff id="aff-4">Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, MAHER University, Chennai – 600 078, India.</aff>       
	  <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-03-19">
                <day>19</day>
                <month>03</month>
                <year>2019</year>
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            <volume>13</volume>
            <issue>1</issue>
            <fpage>161</fpage>
            <lpage>165</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright © 2019 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>Mucormycosis is an angio invasive infection that occurs due to the fungi mucorales. It is a rare disease but increasingly recognized in immunocompromised patients. It can be categorized into rhino-orbito-cerebral, cutaneous, disseminated, gastrointestinal, and pulmonary types. Overall increased mortality rate is reported, even though the aggressive treatment is given. The main aim and purpose of this review related to overview and Etiopathogenesis of Mucormycosis, fatality of rhinocerebral Mucormycosis, recent advances in diagnostic and treatment methods.</p>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>Diabetes mellitus(DM)</kwd>
<kwd>Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis</kwd>
<kwd>Fungal invasion</kwd>
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