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
“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.