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==Overview== | ==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. | [[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== | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===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> | 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) | * Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia) | ||
* Rhizomucor | * Rhizomucor | ||
===Less Common causes=== | ===Less Common causes=== | ||
* Cunninghamella bertholletiae | * Cunninghamella bertholletiae | ||
* Apophysomyces | * [[Apophysomyces]] | ||
* Saksenaea | * Saksenaea | ||
* Rhizopodiformis | * Rhizopodiformis | ||
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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
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]
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.