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'''Entomophthoramycosis''' (or '''Entomophthoromycosis''')<ref name="Andrews">{{cite book |author1=James, William D. |author2=Berger, Timothy G. |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> is a [[mycosis]] caused by [[Entomophthorales]].<ref name="pmid14748801">{{cite journal |vauthors=Prabhu RM, Patel R |title=Mucormycosis and entomophthoramycosis: a review of the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Infect. |volume=10 |issue= Suppl 1 |pages=31–47 |date=March 2004 |pmid=14748801 |doi= 10.1111/j.1470-9465.2004.00843.x|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Examples include [[basidiobolomycosis]] and [[conidiobolomycosis]].
==Signs and symptoms==
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==Diagnosis==
A culture of the infected tissue of the individual suspected of having Entomophthoramycosis<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shaikh |first1=N. |last2=Hussain |first2=K. A. |last3=Petraitiene |first3=R. |last4=Schuetz |first4=A. N. |last5=Walsh |first5=T. J. |title=Entomophthoramycosis: a neglected tropical mycosis |journal=Clinical Microbiology and Infection |date=1 August 2016 |volume=22 |issue=8 |pages=688–694 |doi=10.1016/j.cmi.2016.04.005 |pmid=27109491 |issn=1198-743X|doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Treatment==
Treatment for phycomycosis is very difficult and includes surgery when possible. Postoperative recurrence is common. Antifungal drugs show only limited effect on the disease, but [[itraconazole]] and [[terbinafine|terbinafine hydrochloride]] are often used for two to three months following surgery.<ref name="Grooters_2003">{{cite journal |author=Grooters A |title=Pythiosis, lagenidiosis, and zygomycosis in small animals |journal=Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=695–720, v |year=2003 |pmid=12910739 |doi=10.1016/S0195-5616(03)00034-2}}</ref> Humans with ''Basidiobolus'' infections have been treated with [[amphotericin B]] and [[potassium iodide]]. For pythiosis and lagenidiosis, a new drug targeting water moulds called [[caspofungin]] is available, but it is very expensive.<ref name="Grooters_2003"/> [[Immunotherapy]] has been used successfully in humans and horses with pythiosis.<ref name="Hensel">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hensel P, Greene C, Medleau L, Latimer K, Mendoza L |title=Immunotherapy for treatment of multicentric cutaneous pythiosis in a dog |journal=J Am Vet Med Assoc |volume=223 |issue=2 |pages=215–8, 197 |year=2003 |pmid=12875449 |doi=10.2460/javma.2003.223.215}}</ref> Treatment for skin lesions is traditionally with potassium iodide,<ref>{{cite journal | journal=[[Ann Trop Paediatr]] | year=1997 | volume=17 | issue=2 | pages=161–4 | title=Invasive retroperitoneal infection due to ''Basidiobolus ranarum'' with response to potassium iodide—case report and review of the literature |vauthors=Nazir Z, Hasan R, Pervaiz S, Alam M, Moazam F | pmid=9230980 | doi=10.1080/02724936.1997.11747880 | s2cid=8214074 }}</ref> but itraconazole has also been used successfully.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Wasim Yusuf N, Assaf HM, Rotowa NA |title=Invasive gastrointestinal Basidiobolus ranarum infection in an immunocompetent child |journal=Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=281–2 |year=2003 |pmid=12664879 |doi=10.1097/00006454-200303000-00017 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Mathew R, Kumaravel S, Kuruvilla S, etal |title=Successful treatment of extensive basidiobolomycosis with oral itraconazole in a child |journal=Int. J. Dermatol. |volume=44 |issue=7 |pages=572–5 |year=2005 |pmid=15985026 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02419.x |s2cid=40493791 }}</ref>

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| DiseasesDB = 35031
| ICD10 = {{ICD10|B|46|8|b|35}} ([[ILDS]] B46.810)
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[[Category:Mycosis-related cutaneous conditions]]

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Entomophthoramycosis - Revision history

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