1. Fatal Fungal Soft-Tissue Infections After a Tornado -- Joplin, Missouri, 2011.
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Benedict, Kaitlin, Adebanjo, Tolu, Harris, Julie, Lockhart, Shawn, Peterson, Joyce, McClinton, Shirley, Gade, Lalitha, Etienne, Kizee, Hurst, Steven, Benjamin, Lynette, Whitney, Anne, Bolcen, Shanna, Brandt, Mary, Park, Benjamin, Turabelidze, George, Bos, John, Hedrick, Eddie, Byrd, David, Fanfair, Robyn Neblett, and Bennett, Sarah
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ZYGOMYCETES ,JOPLIN Tornado, Missouri, 2011 ,MUCORMYCOSIS ,MUCORALES - Abstract
The article discusses the initiation of active surveillance by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) with the assistance of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for necrotizing fungal soft-tissue wound infections caused by Mucormycetes or formerly Zygomycetes. The surveillance was issued after a local physician found patients injured from a tornado at Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 with the infection. Cutaneous mucormycosis is caused by the Mucorales fungi found in soil and decaying wood.
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- 2011