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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 149 |
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Zygomycosis in pregnancy
Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 26-Dec-2011 |
Correspondence Address:
Somsri Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok- 10160
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.91219
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V. Zygomycosis in pregnancy. Indian J Endocr Metab 2012;16:149 |
Sir,
Zygomycosis is an uncommon deep fungal infection. The recent report on zygomycosis in a pregnant case with diabetes mellitus is very interesting. [1] Hayat et al. mentioned that this might be the first documented cases. However, there are some previous similar case reports. The first rhino-orbital zygomycosis in pregnancy has already been reported in India by Goel et al. [2] The case reported by Goel et al., had underlying liver disease and multiple organ disorder. Specifically, a case of zygomycosis in a diabetic pregnant patient has been reported by Trivedi et al. [3] Therefore, the problem of zygomycosis in diabetic pregnancy is not new, but is an important concern in obstetrical endocrinology.
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| 1. | Hayat M, Mushtaq S, Saba S, Saif R. Rhino-orbital-mucormycosis as a presenting manifestation of gestational diabetes mellitus. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2011;15 Suppl 1:S65-6. 
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| 2. | Goel A, Rao SV, Mathews MS, George A, Kurien M, Amritanand A, et al. Rhino-orbital zygomycosis in a patient with pregnancy related liver disease and multi-organ failure. Indian J Gastroenterol 2011;30:49-50.
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| 3. | Trivedi TH, Jadhav DL, Yeolekar ME, Shejale SB, Pereira OT, Varaiya AY, et al. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a pregnant woman with diabetic ketoacidosis. J Assoc Physicians India 2002;50:592-4.
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