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Mucormycoses

Mucormycoses
Formerly: Zygomycoses
  • Infections are rare, but associated with high mortality.
  • Caused by angioinvasive molds that can ultimately cause embolism and necrosis.
  • Causative fungi are fast growing and ubiquitous in the environment.
    • Feed on decaying organic matter.
    • Introduced to host via inhalation, ingestion, or in association with a wound.
Order: Murcorales, formerly Zygomycetes.
Major fungal causes: Rhizopus species* Murcor species*
Less common fungal causes: Cunninghamella bertholletiae* Apophysomyces* Lichtheimia (formerly: Absidia*) Saksenaea* Rhizomucor*
Treatment:
Amphotericin B
References
“Opportunistic Systemic Mycoses | Mycology Online.” Accessed October 26, 2018. https://mycology.adelaide.edu.au/mycoses/opportunistic/.
———. “Rhizomucor | Mycology Online.” Accessed October 26, 2018. https://mycology.adelaide.edu.au/descriptions/zygomycetes/rhizomucor/.
“Mucormycoses- ClinicalKey.” Accessed October 26, 2018. https://www-clinicalkey-com.proxy.medlib.uits.iu.edu/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S0891552015001002?returnurl=null&referrer=null.
“Sources of Mucormycosis | Mucormycosis | CDC,” March 20, 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/mucormycosis/causes.html.