Mycotic infection with mucormycosis.

Mucormycosis comprises infections caused by fungi in the class Zygomycetes (order Mucorales). Clinical infections usually manifest as nasopharyngeal, cutaneous, pulmonary, or disseminated disease. Generally, the infection is found only in immunocompromised hosts. The underlying immunologic defects that are responsible for predisposing different populations of patients to the development of mucormycosis are not well understood. This article retrospectively reviews the experience at the Medical Center of Delaware with this relatively rare fungal infection.