Epidemiology and diagnosis of mucormycosis: an update

A Skiada, I Pavleas, M Drogari-Apiranthitou - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive fungal infection, due to fungi of the order Mucorales. Its
incidence cannot be measured exactly, since there are few population-based studies, but …

Global epidemiology of mucormycosis

H Prakash, A Chakrabarti - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an angio-invasive fungal infection, associated with high morbidity and
mortality. A change in the epidemiology of mucormycosis has been observed in recent years …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case reports

W Jeong, C Keighley, R Wolfe, WL Lee… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The epidemiology of mucormycosis in the era of modern diagnostics is
relatively under-explored. Objectives To examine the contemporary epidemiology, clinical …

Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis

A Skiada, C Lass-Floerl, N Klimko, A Ibrahim… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis are challenging. The incidence of the disease
seems to be increasing. Hematological malignancies are the most common underlying …

A prospective multicenter study on mucormycosis in India: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

H Prakash, AK Ghosh, SM Rudramurthy… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mucormycosis due to Mucorales is reported at large numbers in uncontrolled diabetics
across India, but systematic multicenter epidemiological study has not been published yet …

Mucormycosis

G Reid, JP Lynch III, MC Fishbein… - Seminars in respiratory …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Mucormycosis is an infection caused by a group of filamentous molds within the order
Mucorales. Infections may result from ingestion of contaminated food, inhalation of spores …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19–associated mucormycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 958 cases

L Özbek, U Topçu, M Manay, BH Esen… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, has shown an increase in the number of
reported cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives To provide a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Has the mortality from pulmonary mucormycosis changed over time? A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Muthu, R Agarwal, S Dhooria, IS Sehgal… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is increasingly being reported in
immunocompromised patients and has a high mortality. Our aim was to assess the mortality …

Mucormycosis: risk factors, diagnosis, treatments, and challenges during COVID-19 pandemic

A Sharma, A Goel - Folia Microbiologica, 2022 - Springer
Mucormycosis is a deadly opportunistic disease caused by a group of fungus named
mucormycetes. Fungal spores are normally present in the environment and the immune …

Increasing incidence of mucormycosis in a large Spanish hospital from 2007 to 2015: Epidemiology and microbiological characterization of the isolates

J Guinea, P Escribano, A Vena, P Muñoz… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
We studied 19 cases of proven/probable mucormycosis diagnosed from 2007 to 2015 in our
hospital and assessed the microbiological characteristics of the isolates. We recorded the …