| acute rhinocerebral mucormycosis caused by rhizopus arrhizus from sri lanka. | rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare fungus infection reported mainly from the united states of america and europe. the disease is caused by zygomycete fungi, most often by a rhizopus species. diagnosis is often made post-mortem and in many instances culture identification of the fungus responsible has not been performed. a case of culturally proven rhinocerebral mucormycosis is described for the first time in sri lanka. the patient was a 56-year-old male who had been treated for diabetes mellit ... | 1995 | 7563267 |