| mucormycosis in mato grosso, brazil: a case reports, caused by rhizopus microsporus var. oligosporus and rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis. | we identified the etiological agents responsible for two fatal cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with the classical risk factor for uncontrolled type ii diabetes mellitus. their initial symptoms did not point immediately to the suspicion of mucormycosis. case 1, caused by rhizopus microsporus var. oligosporus, was a 52-year-old man who presented with a painful pimple on his nose, which evolved with swelling, erythema, and a central pustule on his right hemiface suspected to be cellulitis. afte ... | 2011 | 21952835 |