Look up: mucormycosis

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   Mucormycosis
   Mucormycosis: Also known as zygomycosis, mucormycosis is a fungal infection (most commonly of the sinuses, brain, or lungs) by fungi found normally in the soil or in decaying vegetation. Mucormycosis can also affect the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and kidneys. Most people are exposed to these fungi on a daily basis and do not become ill, but pers ...
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   mucormycosis
   <microbiology> A fungal infection caused by infection with various fungi from the class, Zygomycetes. The organism is widely distributed through air, water and soil. This infection occurs predominately in the immunocompromised patient, burn patients and those on steroid therapy. ... The most common manifestation is an orbital cellulitis causin ...
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   Mucormycosis
   `Mucormycosis` (also known as zygomycosis) is a rare but serious infection of fungi of the Mucorales order. The most common fungi responsible for mucormycosis in humans are `Mucor` and `Rhizopus`.
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   mucormycosis
   (mu″kor-mi-ko´sis) a mycosis due to fungi of the order Mucorales, such as species of Rhizopus and less often Mucor or Absidia, usually an opportunistic infection in debilitated or immunocompromised patients. Organisms enter through the respiratory tract, digestive tract, or a skin lesion, and then invade blood vessel ...
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   mucormycosis
   mucormycosis 1. A serious fungus infection occurring most commonly in the lining of the nose and surrounding sinuses. 2. A fungal infection caused by infection with various fungi from the class, Zygomycetes. The organism is widely distributed through air, water, and soil. This infection occurs predominately in the immunocompromised patient, burn patients, an...
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   mucormycosis
   Infection with fungi of the order Mucorales; to be distinguished from zygomycosis, a broader term that includes infections caused by fungi of the order Entomophthorales.
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