Mucormycosisis an opportunistic fungal disease which affects immunocompromised hosts including patients with haematologic malignancies and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Mucorales grow invasively are associated high mortality even if promptly diagnosed. Viral infection like influenza can cause severe pneumonia is pulmonary aspergillosis. Here we report three separate cases of super in cri...

La mucormicosis es una infección con alta mortalidad, el pronóstico está en relación diagnóstico precoz, tratamiento quirúrgico y antimicótico. Se presenta un varón de 65 años edad, hipertenso conocido, tratado losartan, ingresa historia 15 días evolución astenia, anorexia, pérdida peso cefalea holocraneana, ptosis palpebral semana evolución. Al examen físico se constata protrusión ocular parál...

Over the last few decades, the number of patients susceptible to invasive filamentous fungal infections has steadily increased, especially in populations suffering from hematological diseases. The pathogens responsible for such mycoses are now quite well characterized, such as Aspergillus spp. - the most commonly isolated mold -, Mucorales, Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp. or melanized fungi. A...

BACKGROUND Ergosterol has been considered the "fungal sterol" for almost 125 years; however, additional sterol data superimposed on a recent molecular phylogeny of kingdom Fungi reveals a different and more complex situation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The interpretation of sterol distribution data in a modern phylogenetic context indicates that there is a clear trend from cholesterol and...

Cunninghamella is a member of the Family Cunninghamellaceae and of the Order Mucorales. Cunninghamella is an opportunistic fungi that rarely causes invasive mucormycosis, however, it can lead to a fatal infection in immunocompromised patients. C. bertholletiae is the only species that has been established to be a human pathogen. Clinical presentations vary from localized infection to multifocal...

The COVID-19 infection caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 may be associated with a wide range of disease patterns, ranging from mild to life-threatening pneumonia. Mucormycosis is an emerging angioinvasive fungal ubiquitous filamentous fungi Mucorales order class Zygomycetes. prevalence mucormycosis in India about 80 times developed countries. invade deep tissues via inhalation airborne spores, per...