infects
- neutropenic persons
- ketoacidosis diabetics
organisms
- breadmold fungi
- Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Cunninghamella => Phycomycetes
fungus typically spreads through nasal sinus to the orbit and brain,
=> rhinocerebral mucormycosis
cause tissue necrosis and invasion of vessels
3 primary sites of invasion
- nasal sinuses
- lung
- GI
morphology
- nonseptate
- right angle branching (unlike aspergillus with 60 degrees branching)
