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** AIDS | ** AIDS | ||
** Severe lymphocytopenia | ** Severe lymphocytopenia | ||
** Malignancy | ** Malignancy <ref name="pmid24476149">{{cite journal |vauthors=Binder U, Maurer E, Lass-Flörl C |title=Mucormycosis--from the pathogens to the disease |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Infect. |volume=20 Suppl 6 |issue= |pages=60–6 |year=2014 |pmid=24476149 |doi=10.1111/1469-0691.12566 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Dialysis patients on Iron chelation therapy (deferoxamine). | * Dialysis patients on Iron chelation therapy (deferoxamine). | ||
* Conatct with contaminated surgical instruments. | * Conatct with contaminated surgical instruments. | ||
* Major trauma <ref name="pmid24476149">{{cite journal |vauthors=Binder U, Maurer E, Lass-Flörl C |title=Mucormycosis--from the pathogens to the disease |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Infect. |volume=20 Suppl 6 |issue= |pages=60–6 |year=2014 |pmid=24476149 |doi=10.1111/1469-0691.12566 |url=}}</ref> | |||
* Iron overload | * Iron overload | ||
* Aluminium overload <ref name="pmid9230837">{{cite journal |vauthors=McNab AA, McKelvie P |title=Iron overload is a risk factor for zygomycosis |journal=Arch. Ophthalmol. |volume=115 |issue=7 |pages=919–21 |year=1997 |pmid=9230837 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | * Aluminium overload <ref name="pmid9230837">{{cite journal |vauthors=McNab AA, McKelvie P |title=Iron overload is a risk factor for zygomycosis |journal=Arch. Ophthalmol. |volume=115 |issue=7 |pages=919–21 |year=1997 |pmid=9230837 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]
Overview
Risk factors
The following conditions predispose patients to mucormycosis:
- Immunodeficient states.
- Transplant recepients
- Diabetes (including diabetic ketoacidosis)
- AIDS
- Severe lymphocytopenia
- Malignancy [1]
- Dialysis patients on Iron chelation therapy (deferoxamine).
- Conatct with contaminated surgical instruments.
- Major trauma [1]
- Iron overload
- Aluminium overload [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Binder U, Maurer E, Lass-Flörl C (2014). "Mucormycosis--from the pathogens to the disease". Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 20 Suppl 6: 60–6. doi:10.1111/1469-0691.12566. PMID 24476149.
- ↑ McNab AA, McKelvie P (1997). "Iron overload is a risk factor for zygomycosis". Arch. Ophthalmol. 115 (7): 919–21. PMID 9230837.