title: Mucormycosis in a surgical defect masquerading as osteomyelitis: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare, highly lethal opportunistic fungal disease affecting immune compromised and diabetic patients. Mucormycosis is considered as the 3(rd) most common invasive mycosis after candidiasis and aspergillosis in debilitating patients. It is caused by the filamentous fungi of the class zygomycetes. The infection usually begins in the nose due to inhalation of fungal spores. This fatal fungal disease needs a prompt and early definitive diagnosis, aggressive surgical therapy and high dose anti-fungal therapy. Here, we present a case report of Mucormycosis in a 64 year elderly diabetic male patient who was previously operated for myiasis and also the extensive review of the literature of the mucormycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana.
authors.forename: Ashwini Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mengji
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana.
authors.forename: Uday Shankar
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Yaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana.
authors.forename: Nishanth
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gollamudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana.
authors.forename: Bhanu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana.
authors.forename: Edunuri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rajashekar
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents
keywords: Diabetes mellitus hyphae; PAS stain; myiasis; zygomycosis