Mucormycosis

**Definition:** A disease caused by an infection with the fungi from the order Mucorales. This disease presents with symptoms depending on the site of the infection. Transmission is by direct contact with infected soil or decaying matter. Confirmation is by identification of fungi from the order Mucorales from a tissue sample.

**Long definition:** Mucoromycosis is the collective name for a group of clinical syndromes caused by a wide range of mould fungi of the order Mucorales. Species in the Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, and Cunninghamella genera are most often implicated