Mucormycosis and Myiasis in Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Double Whammy

• Main Authors: Om Prakash D Toshniwal (Author), S M Ravi Prakash (Author), Navneet Gill (Author), Sankalp Verma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 unb...