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MeSH Heading: Mucormycosis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.703.980.600
Unique ID: D009091
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009091
Scope Note: Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order MUCORALES (e.g., RHIZOPUS; MUCOR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; APOPHYSOMYCES; ABSIDIA; SAKSENAEA and RHIZOMUCOR) There are many clinical types associated with infection including central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION.
Entry Term(s): Mucorales Infection; Mucorales Infections; Mucormycoses
See Also: Mucorales
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014180
Scope Note: Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order MUCORALES (e.g., RHIZOPUS; MUCOR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; APOPHYSOMYCES; ABSIDIA; SAKSENAEA and RHIZOMUCOR) There are many clinical types associated with infection including central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION.
Terms: Mucormycosis Preferred Term
Term UI T027168
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Mucorales Infections
Term UI T001008869
Date02/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Mucormycoses
Term UI T001008870
Date02/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Mucorales Infection
Term UI T001007258
Date02/10/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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