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Real burden of mucormycosis diagnosed over five years in a French medical center: a retrospective study

2025-10-31 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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Mucormycosis, a rare but fatal invasive fungal infection, affects immunocompromised patients. Despite recent advancements in diagnostic tools and treatments, mortality rates remain high, reaching 79% at ninety days in disseminated forms. Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) based methods are now widely available, and help to discern colonisation and infection, although this remains a real challenge. This study aims to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a French...

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