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Infection in humans and animals caused by any fungus in the order MUCORALES (e.g., RHIZOPUS; MUCOR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; APOPHYSOMYCES; ABSIDIA; SAKSENAEA and RHIZOMUCOR) There are many clinical types associated with infection including central nervous system, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, orbit and paranasal sinuses. In humans, it usually occurs as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION.
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- Mucorales Infection
- Mucorales Infections
- Mucormycoses
- Infection, Mucorales
- Mucormycose
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Mucormycosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009091. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009091
- Mucormycosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis
- Mucormycosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6931254