Definition: Infection in humans and animals caused by fungi in the class Zygomycetes. It includes MUCORMYCOSIS and entomophthoramycosis. The latter is a tropical infection of subcutaneous tissue or paranasal sinuses caused by fungi in the order Entomophthorales. Phycomycosis, closely related to zygomycosis, describes infection with members of Phycomycetes, an obsolete classification.
fungus dis caused by various Zygomycetes; for dis caused by Mucorales, MUCORMYCOSIS is available
ExamplesMucormycosis
Other names Zygomycoses; Phycomycoses; Entomophthoramycoses; Phycomycosis; Entomophthoramycosis
