Mucormycosis in Severely Burned Patients

MUCORMYCOSIS has attracted much attention as a rapidly fatal fungous disease. Most cases have been reported in patients with chronic debilitating diseases, especially diabetes mellitus and malignant lymphoma. In a review of the English literature, McBride and his associates1 compiled 57 cases of mucormycosis; diabetes was present in 21, and lymphoma or leukemia in 13. The use of antibiotics, steroids, radiation therapy and antimetabolites in debilitated patients has been considered important in predisposing to mucormycosis.The organism responsible for this mycotic infection belongs to the class of nonseptate, true fungi, known as phycomycetes. The genera mucor and rhizopus of the . . .