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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Mucormycosis (also known as zygomycosis[1] or phycomycosis[2]) is a rare yet life threatening and serious infection of fungi, usually affecting the face or oropharyngeal cavity. Occasionally, when caused by Pythium or other similar fungi, the condition may affect the gastrointestinal tract or the skin. It usually begins in the nose and paranasal sinuses and is one of the most rapidly spreading fungal infections in humans.[2] The most common fungi responsible for mucormycosis in humans are Mucor and Rhizopus. Other fungi include Apophysomyces, Absidia, Mortierella, Cunninghamella, Saksenaea, Syncephalastrum and Cokeromyces, although the spectrum is far wider and can also contain Entomophthorales or Mucorales.[3] It usually affects patients who are immunocompromised.[2]
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum, member of the class Zygomycetes, order Entomophthorales, found worldwide. Usually basidiobolomycosis is a subcutaneous infection but it has been associated with gastrointestinal disease.
References
- ↑ Toro C, Del Palacio A, Alvarez C; et al. (1998). "[Cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Rhizopus arrhizus in a surgical wound.]". Rev Iberoam Micol (in Spanish; Castilian). 15 (2): 94–6. PMID 17655419. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Auluck A (2007). "Maxillary necrosis by mucormycosis. a case report and literature review" (PDF). Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 12 (5): E360–4. PMID 17767099. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ↑ Ettinger, Stephen J.;Feldman, Edward C. (1995). Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (4th ed. ed.). W.B. Saunders Company. ISBN 0-7216-6795-3.