Mucormycosis+(Zygomycosis)

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection of the sinuses, brain, or lungs that occurs mostly in people with weakened immune systems. ** Causes, in **** ciden **** c **** e, and risk factors **
 * What is Mucormycosis?**

Mucormycosis is caused by common fungi frequently found in the soil and in decaying vegetation. Most individuals are exposed to these fungi on a daily basis, but people with weakened immune systems are more susceptible to infection. Syndromes associated with mucormycosis include: ** Symptoms ** Symptoms of rhinocerebral mucormycosis include: Symptoms of lung (pulmonary) mucormycosis include: Symptoms of gastrointestinal mucormycosis include: Symptoms of kidney (renal) mucormycosis include: Symptoms of skin (cutaneous) mucormycosis include a single, painful, hardened area of skin that may have a blackened center.
 * Rhinocerebral infection (infection of sinuses and brain)
 * May start as a sinus infection
 * May progress to involve inflammation of cranial nerves
 * May cause blood clots that block vessels to the brain (thrombosis)
 * Pulmonary mucormycosis (lung involvement) -- pneumonia that gets worse quickly and may spread to the chest cavity, heart, and brain
 * Mucormycosis of the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and kidneys
 * Eye swelling and protrusion (proptosis)
 * Dark nasal eschar (scabbing)
 * Fever
 * Headache
 * Redness of skin overlying sinuses
 * Sinus pain or congestion
 * Cough
 * Coughing blood (occasionally)
 * Fever
 * Shortness of breath
 * Abdominal pain
 * Vomiting blood
 * Fever
 * Flank (side) pain

** Sources: ** http://www.medicinenet.com/mucormycosis/page5.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001672/ -date: 18/8/2011  Stevens DA. Aspergillosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. // Cecil Medicine //. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 360. Review Date: 9/15/2010. Reviewed by: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.