Mucormycosis and Myiasis in Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Double Whammy

Om Prakash D Toshniwal, Ravi Prakash SM, Navneet Gill, Sankalp Verma, S Kailasam
2011 Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology  
Mucormycosis is a rare, often fatal opportunistic fungal infection that is caused by an aerobic saprophytic fungus belonging to the order mucorales and class zygomycetes. Myiasis is caused by the members of the Diptera fly family that lay eggs or larvae on food, necrotic tissue, open wounds, and unbroken skin or mucosa. We report a rare case of mucormycosis coexisting with oral myiasis in a 50-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10011-1112 fatcat:7qyvkbmqbjcrjn7gklqz3wjwcm