Mucormycosis | Symptoms of Mucormycosis White Fungus Symptoms
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What is mucormycosis?
Mucormycosis is a type of serious fungal infection. but it is rare case of serious fungal infection. mucromycosis other name is zygomycosis.
Mucormycosis is caused by exposure to mucormyete molds. These organisms occur in:
leaves
piles of compost
soil
rotting wood
symptoms of mucormycosis :
Mucormycosis frequently infects the sinuses, brain, or lungs. While infection of the oral cavity or brain are the most common forms of mucormycosis,
the fungus can also infect other areas of the body such as the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and other organ systems.
In rare cases, the maxilla may be affected by mucormycosis.
The rich blood vessel supply of maxillofacial areas usually prevents fungal infections,
although more virulent fungi, such as those responsible for mucormycosis, can often overcome this difficulty.
Treatment for Mucormycosis :
Mucormycosis is a serious infection and needs to be treated with prescription antifungal medicine, usually amphotericin B, posaconazole, or isavuconazole.
These medicines are given through a vein (amphotericin B, posaconazole, isavuconazole) or by mouth (posaconazole, isavuconazole).
Other medicines, including fluconazole, voriconazole, and echinocandins, do not work against fungi that cause mucormycosis.
Mucormycosis cause other conditions :
- a brain infection
- paralysis
- pneumonia
- seizures
- death
What causes mucormycosis?
- leaves
- piles of compost
- soil
- rotting wood
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Epidemiology :
Mucormycosis is a very rare infection, and as such, it is hard to note histories of patients and incidence of the infection.
However, one American oncology center revealed that mucormycosis was found in 0.7% of autopsies and roughly 20 patients per 100,000 admissions to that center.
In the United States, mucormycosis was most commonly found in rhinocerebral form,
almost always with hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis
In most cases the patient is immunocompromised,
although rare cases have occurred in which the subject was not; these are usually due to a traumatic inoculation of fungal spores.
Internationally, mucormycosis was found in 1% of patients with acute leukemia in an Italian review.