Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive infection caused by Zygomycosis in the order of Mucorales. It mainly affected immunocompromised individuals followed risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, stem cell transplantation, organ hematological malignancy, and more intake steroids. Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis, pulmonary cutaneous gastrointestinal disseminated mucormycosis are most common types. ...

MCM: mucormycosis PAS: periodic acideSchiff INTRODUCTION Mucormycosis (MCM) is a fungal infection from members of the Mucorales order of fungi found almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. The number of these infections seems to be increasing, presumably paralleling the increasing numbers of people with diminished immune surveillance. Primary cutaneous MCM in healthy patients is rare ...

Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is an uncommon, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate, seen more commonly in immunocompromised patients. This lethal infection has a wide range of presentations, from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease and eventually vascular invasion. Here we present a case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompromised ...

Mucormycosis is a rare and highly aggressive fungal infection, with a potential to reach its fulminant phase rapidly. We report a case of a 73-year-old immunocompromised vasculopath with cutaneous mucormycosis. The disease resulted in eventual death despite aggressive surgical debridement, revascularization of his limb and amphotericin-B. This case highlights the need to recognize this disease ...

Background: Given that no comprehensive study was conducted regarding the effect of sodium chloride on the prevention of mucormycosis fungal infection in acute leukemia patients during treatment, this study aimed the investigating the effect of sodium chloride  on the prevention of mucormycosis fungal infection in acute lymphocytic leukemia patients during treatment. Materials and Methods: Thi...

thirteen cases of mucormycosis in ten diabetics, one leukemic, and one burned patient, and one in an apparently normal person are reported. the presenting form included rhinocerebral in ii and cutaneous in two cases. the diagnosis was established by koh preparation and biopsy and it was confirmed with culture. rhizopus sp. was the causative agent in ii and mucor sp. in one case. amphotericin b ...

Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa is an infrequent opportunistic infection that can potentially be angioinvasive when affecting inmunocompromised hosts. We present a fatal case of mucormycosis, affecting a 56-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and siderosis, initially admitted to our hospital due to an H1N1 infection. The subject's clinical condition worsened and he finally died because ...

Fungi of the class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales, cause deepseated infections in immunosuppressed individuals, such as those with hematologic malignancies, renal failure, diabetes mellitus, and patients on immunosuppressive therapy.1 Typically an airborne disease, primary infection is initiated in the upper or lower airways and is associated with the clinical development of sinusitis, rhinocereb...

Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection that ypically involves the rhino-cerebral area. It is the third most comon invasive fungal infection, after aspergillosis and candidiasis, nd can affect any organ system, with the most common preentations involving the nasal sinuses, orbit, brain or the lung. nvasive gastrointestinal Mucormycosis is a rare form of the disase that affects ...