Mucormycosis causes
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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
Causes
The different types of fungi causing mucormycosis include :
- Rhizopus species
- Mucor species
- Cunninghamella bertholletiae
- Apophysomyces
- Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia)
- Saksenaea
- Rhizomucor [1] [2]
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.