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Rhizopus and mucor species are by far the most common causes of mucormycosis but there may be other fungi that lead to development of the disease. | Rhizopus and mucor species are by far the most common causes of mucormycosis but there may be other fungi that lead to development of the disease. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes | ||
The different types of fungi causing mucormycosis include :<ref name="pmid19754749">{{cite journal |vauthors=Richardson M |title=The ecology of the Zygomycetes and its impact on environmental exposure |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Infect. |volume=15 Suppl 5 |issue= |pages=2–9 |year=2009 |pmid=19754749 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02972.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16080086">{{cite journal |vauthors=Roden MM, Zaoutis TE, Buchanan WL, Knudsen TA, Sarkisova TA, Schaufele RL, Sein M, Sein T, Chiou CC, Chu JH, Kontoyiannis DP, Walsh TJ |title=Epidemiology and outcome of zygomycosis: a review of 929 reported cases |journal=Clin. Infect. Dis. |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=634–53 |year=2005 |pmid=16080086 |doi=10.1086/432579 |url=}}</ref> | ===Common Causes=== | ||
The different types of fungi causing mucormycosis include :<ref name="pmid19754749">{{cite journal |vauthors=Richardson M |title=The ecology of the Zygomycetes and its impact on environmental exposure |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Infect. |volume=15 Suppl 5 |issue= |pages=2–9 |year=2009 |pmid=19754749 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02972.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16080086">{{cite journal |vauthors=Roden MM, Zaoutis TE, Buchanan WL, Knudsen TA, Sarkisova TA, Schaufele RL, Sein M, Sein T, Chiou CC, Chu JH, Kontoyiannis DP, Walsh TJ |title=Epidemiology and outcome of zygomycosis: a review of 929 reported cases |journal=Clin. Infect. Dis. |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=634–53 |year=2005 |pmid=16080086 |doi=10.1086/432579 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16020690">{{cite journal |vauthors=Spellberg B, Edwards J, Ibrahim A |title=Novel perspectives on mucormycosis: pathophysiology, presentation, and management |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Rev. |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=556–69 |year=2005 |pmid=16020690 |pmc=1195964 |doi=10.1128/CMR.18.3.556-569.2005 |url=}}</ref> | |||
* Rhizopus species | * Rhizopus species | ||
* Mucor species | * Mucor species | ||
* Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia) | |||
* Rhizomucor | |||
===Less Common causes=== | |||
* Cunninghamella bertholletiae | * Cunninghamella bertholletiae | ||
* Apophysomyces | * Apophysomyces | ||
* Saksenaea | * Saksenaea | ||
* Rhizomucor | * Rhizopodiformis | ||
* Absidia corymbifera | |||
* Rhizomucor pusillus | |||
* Syncephalastrum | |||
* Cokeromyces | |||
* Mortierella | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Rhizopus and mucor species are by far the most common causes of mucormycosis but there may be other fungi that lead to development of the disease.
==Causes
Common Causes
The different types of fungi causing mucormycosis include :[1][2][3]
- Rhizopus species
- Mucor species
- Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia)
- Rhizomucor
Less Common causes
- Cunninghamella bertholletiae
- Apophysomyces
- Saksenaea
- Rhizopodiformis
- Absidia corymbifera
- Rhizomucor pusillus
- Syncephalastrum
- Cokeromyces
- Mortierella
References
- ↑ Richardson M (2009). "The ecology of the Zygomycetes and its impact on environmental exposure". Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 15 Suppl 5: 2–9. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02972.x. PMID 19754749.
- ↑ Roden MM, Zaoutis TE, Buchanan WL, Knudsen TA, Sarkisova TA, Schaufele RL, Sein M, Sein T, Chiou CC, Chu JH, Kontoyiannis DP, Walsh TJ (2005). "Epidemiology and outcome of zygomycosis: a review of 929 reported cases". Clin. Infect. Dis. 41 (5): 634–53. doi:10.1086/432579. PMID 16080086.
- ↑ Spellberg B, Edwards J, Ibrahim A (2005). "Novel perspectives on mucormycosis: pathophysiology, presentation, and management". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 18 (3): 556–69. doi:10.1128/CMR.18.3.556-569.2005. PMC 1195964. PMID 16020690.