Abstract

A REVIEW ON MUCORMYCOSIS

Gadekar Rutuja Bhaskar*, Gadekar Suchita S. and Somani Shravan J.

ABSTRACT

Mucorales and Entomophthorales are the two orders that make up the Zygomycetes class. There are notable differences between the illnesses caused by these two orders. The Mucorales genera are the source of the angio invasive infection known as mucormycosis. Mucormycosis can impact the skin, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or rhino-orbito-cerebral area. Immune-compromising conditions include solid organ transplantation, corticosteroids, deferoxamine therapy for iron overload, haematological malignancies, bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, neutropenia, and diabetes mellitus with or without ketoacidosis.

Keywords: Mucormycosis, entomophthoramycosis, zygomycetes, Mucorales, Entomophthorales, Mucor.