TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 304. Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis)
A1  - Brady, Rebecca C.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Zygomycosis  is  an  umbrella  term  for  all  diseases  caused  by  fungi  of  the  class  Zygomycetes.  The  more  common  term  mucormycosis  refers  to  a  group  of  invasive  mycoses  caused  by  members  of  the  order  Mucorales  within  the  class  Zygomycetes.1Rhizopus  species  are  the  most  commonly  isolated  agents  of  mucormycosis.2  The  Mucorales  are  distributed  worldwide  and  commonly  grow  in  decaying  organic  matter.3  Although  exposure  to  the  airborne  spores  of  these  thermotolerant,  rapidly  growing  fungi  is  universal,  human  disease  is  infrequent  and  is  indicative  of  a  serious  underlying  predisposing  condition.4  Diabetes  mellitus,  particularly  diabetic  ketoacidosis,  is  the  most  common  predisposing  condition  in  patients  with  mucormycosis.2,5  Underlying  disease  accompanied  by  acidosis,  such  as  uremia,  malnutrition,6  and  congenital  metabolic  aciduria,7  may  also  predispose  to  mucormycosis.  Additional  risk  factors  include  neutropenia,8  hematological  malignancies,9  burns,10  prematurity,11  corticosteroid  therapy,12  solid-organ  transplantation,13  bone  marrow  transplantation,14  and  deferoxamine/desferrioxamine  therapy  for  management  of  iron  and  aluminum  overload  states.15  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7029197
ER  -