MeSH 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.;
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.