Mucormycosis and Myiasis in Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Double Whammy

oleh: Om Prakash D Toshniwal, S M Ravi Prakash, Navneet Gill, Sankalp Verma

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01

Deskripsi

Mucormycosis is a rare, often fatal opportunistic fungal infection that is caused by an aerobic saprophytic fungus belonging to the order mucorales and class zygomycetes. Myiasis is caused by the members of the Diptera fly family that lay eggs or larvae on food, necrotic tissue, open wounds, and unbroken skin or mucosa. We report a rare case of mucormycosis coexisting with oral myiasis in a 50-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.