Mucormycosis in an apparently normal host. Case study and literature review

Abstract

Mucormycosis refers to an opportunistic fungal infection most often related to predisposing conditions, especially uncontrolled diabetes. It can occur as a rapidly extending rhinocerebral infection presenting a high mortality rate. The same micro-organism has, however, been identified in benign paranasal infections in the absence of a general debilitating condition, suggesting that host factors are of the utmost importance in the outcome of paranasal mucormycosis.