Mucormycosis

Mucormycosis – a fungal infection caused by glomeromycetes. Most commonly manifests as a nasal-cerebral-brain infection. It mainly affects people with immunodeficiency. There are also pulmonary and cutaneous forms. Diagnosis is confirmed by histological biopsy examination. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is more common in diabetics. It presents with headache, visual disturbances, sinusitis, and later with necrosis. Pulmonary infection manifests as a cough.

Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology