title: Mucormycosis in India: unique features.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Arunaloke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Rachna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009090:Mucorales / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Apophysomyces elegans; Mucormycosis; Rhizopus oryzae; diabetes; epidemiology; renal infection