Abstract

CASTILLO TAMARA, Edgard Eliud  and  MONTANO LOZADA, Juan Manuel. Cerebral mucormycosis. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1, suppl.1, pp.117-122.  Epub May 23, 2021. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022343.

Mucormycosis encompasses syndromic manifestations due to an emergent infection, of acute course and a high mortality rate, caused by opportunistic organisms (fungi) belonging to the phylum glomeromycota subfilum mucoromycotina division of the mucorales order. Species such as mucor circinelloides, rhizopus oryzae and lichtheimia corymbifera are frequently found, having a ubiquitous habitat they can be isolated in different geographical regions, being commonly found in decomposing organic matter, fruits, wheat bread, rye, garbage and soil. People with some degree of immunocompromise (diabetes mellitus, malnutrition, cancer, HIV, among others) are predisposed. Its etiology is among the first frequently isolated sites in the air, clearly explaining the entry pathway of sporangiospores in pulmonary and rhinoorbit-cerebral cases that characteristically present with coagulopathy, thrombosis, vascular invasion, tissue ischemia and heart attacks. Its timely detection and rapid establishment of treatment are key to prognosis and survival.

Keywords : mycoses; zygomycosis; mucormycosis; opportunistic infections (MeSH).

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