Mucormycosis is a fatal fungal infection occuring most commonly in immunocompromised and diabetic patients. Impairment of host defense mechanisms leads to development of the fungus within the human body. Iron is important for growth of the mucorales fungus. Thrombosis with eventual necrosis is the end point in mucormycosis infection. Glucose regulated protein 78 receptor plays a vital part in helping the organism attach to endothelial cells and for subsequent vascular invasion and dissemination. On microscopic examination, the hyphae of mucorales are found to have few septations, are non-pigmented and branch at right angle.
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