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MUCORMYCOSIS CAUSED BY UNUSUAL MUCORMYCETES, NON-RHIZOPUS, -MUCOR, AND -LICHTHEIMIA SPECIES
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The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.Houston, Texas, USA / Fundação OSwaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infecção Hospitalar. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.Houston, Texas, USA / University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Houston, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.Houston, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.Houston, Texas, USA / University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Houston, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.Houston, Texas, USA.
Abstract
Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia) species are the most common members of the order Mucorales that cause mucormycosis, accounting for 70 to 80% of all cases. In contrast, Cunninghamella, Apophysomyces, Saksenaea, Rhizomucor, Cokeromyces, Actinomucor, and Syncephalastrum species individually are responsible for fewer than 1 to 5% of reported cases of mucormycosis. In this review, we provide an overview of the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis of, treatment of, and prognosis for unusual Mucormycetes infections (non-Rhizopus, -Mucor, and -Lichtheimia species). The infections caused by these less frequent members of the order Mucorales frequently differ in their epidemiology, geographic distribution, and disease manifestations. Cunninghamella bertholletiae and Rhizomucor pusillus affect primarily immunocompromised hosts, mostly resulting from spore inhalation, causing pulmonary and disseminated infections with high mortality rates. R. pusillus infections are nosocomial or health care related in a large proportion of cases. While Apophysomyces elegans and Saksenaea vasiformis are occasionally responsible for infections in immunocompromised individuals, most cases are encountered in immunocompetent individuals as a result of trauma, leading to soft tissue infections with relatively low mortality rates. Increased knowledge of the epidemiology and clinical presentations of these unusual Mucormycetes infections may improve early diagnosis and treatment.
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