Rhizopus
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Background
- Genus of large aseptate dematiaceous within the order Mucorales
Microbiology
- Macroscopic:
- Very rapid growth
- Texture deeply cottony
- Colour white becoming grey brown on the surface, reverse pale
- Microscopic:
- Broad hyphae, scarcely septate
- Brown sporangiophores which may be simple, branched.
- They can arise singly or in a group/cluster on the stolons called rhizoids,
- Round sporangia
- Temperature:
- Usually grows at 37ºC
- DOES NOT grow at 54ºC
Clinical Manifestations
- Most common agent of mucormycosis, characterized by a rapidly-progressing, necrotizing infection that can infect the face, brain, lungs, and intestines, most commonly in patients with DKA, malnutrition, severe burns, or immunocompromising conditions
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