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Summary
Background
Limited data exist for epidemiology and outcomes of various agents causing mucormycosis in various clinical settings from developing countries like India.
Objectives
To study the epidemiology and outcomes of various agents causing mucormycosis in different clinical settings in a tertiary care hospital from South India.
Patients and methods
We reviewed details of 184 consecutive patients with culture‐proven mucormycosis with consistent clinical syndrome and supporting features from September 2005 to September 2015.
Results
The mean age of patients was 50.42 years; 70.97% were male. Unlike developed countries, R microsporus (29/184; 15.7%) and Apophysomyces elegans (20/184; 10.8%) also evolved as important pathogens in addition to R arrhizus in our setting. Paranasal sinuses (136/184; 73.9%) followed by musculoskeletal system (28/184; 15.2%) were the common areas of involvement. Apophysomyces elegans typically produced skin and musculoskeletal disease in immune‐competent individuals with trauma (12/20; 60%) and caused significantly lower mortality (P = 0.03). R microsporus was more common in patients with haematological conditions (25% vs 15.7%) and was less frequently a cause for sinusitis than R arrhizus (27.58% vs 10.9%). The overall mortality was 30.97%. Combination therapy with surgery and antifungals offered the best chance for cure.
Conclusions
Agents causing mucormycosis may have unique clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
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