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Mucormycosis in India: unique features
Author(s) -
Chakrabarti Arunaloke,
Singh Rachna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/myc.12243
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , mucor , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , zygomycosis , rhizopus , dermatology , diabetes mellitus , antifungal , biology , intensive care medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , amphotericin b , surgery , aspergillus , food science , fermentation , endocrinology
Summary Mucormycosis remains a devastating invasive fungal infection, with high mortality rates even after active management. The disease is being reported at an alarming frequency over the past decades from India. Indian mucormycosis has certain unique features. Rhino‐orbito‐cerebral presentation associated with uncontrolled diabetes is the predominant characteristic. Isolated renal mucormycosis has emerged as a new clinical entity. Apophysomyces elegans and Rhizopus homothallicus are emerging species in this region and uncommon agents such as Mucor irregularis and Thamnostylum lucknowense are also being reported. This review focuses on these distinct features of mucormycosis observed in India.