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It is the third most common serious human fungal infection, after aspergillosis and candidiasis. [ 49 ] Diabetes is the main underlying disease in low and middle-income countries, whereas, blood cancers and organ transplantation are the more common underlying problems in developed countries. [ 20 ]
Zygomycosis is the broadest term to refer to infections caused by bread mold fungi of the zygomycota phylum. However, because zygomycota has been identified as polyphyletic, and is not included in modern fungal classification systems, the diseases that zygomycosis can refer to are better called by their specific names: mucormycosis [1] (after Mucorales), phycomycosis [2] (after Phycomycetes ...
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Mucoromycota is a division within the kingdom fungi. [1] It includes a diverse group of various molds, including the common bread molds Mucor and Rhizopus. [2] It is a sister phylum to Dikarya.
A few species cause human and animal disease. [2] References Voigt, Kerstin; Wöstemeyer, Johannes (2001). "Phylogeny and origin of 82 zygomycetes from all 54 genera ...
Cunninghamella bertholletiae can infect a wide variety of human tissue types, [3] exhibits hyphal growth in the body [6] and is angioinvasive. [2] Like other Mucorales, under appropriate host conditions, it can grow very aggressively and destroy tissue structure. [3] Typically, initial pathology is from thrombosis and infarction. [7]
Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [5] [13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic.
Most species of Mucor are unable to cause disease in humans and endothermic animals due to their inability to grow at temperatures around 37 C°. But some thermotolerant species such as Mucor circinelloides , M. irregularis and M. hiemalis can cause mucormycosis , an acute and invasive fungal infection effecting primarily immunocompromised hosts.