What is Mucormycosis?
Mucormycosis, also commonly known as zygomycosis, is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. It is a very serious fungal infection which is rare but happens when people come in contact with the fungal spores in the environment commonly found in general environment, especially in decaying organic matter and soil. They also occur in leaves, compost piles or rotten wood. If someone inhales spores, he or she can contract Mucormycosis in the form of lung infection or sinus forms of the infection. Mucormycosis can also happen on the skin when fungus enters the skin through a cut, scrape, burn or other type of skin trauma. Thus affecting specifically those who already have some health problems or are taking medicines which induce effects to lower the immunity or body’s ability to resist sickness or fight germs.
Products by HiMedia
The products offered by HiMedia are very specific media to isolate these fungi in the COVID-19 pandemic from samples of patients and their antifungal profiling products. Our kit includes Mucormycosis Detection Kit [K144] which is a complete solution kit for clinicians who need to isolate the fungi responsible for Mucormycosis from the patient samples.
Kit (K144) contents:
- MP5476: Mucormycosis Selective Agar Plate
- MP5477: Candida Selective Agar Plate
- MS5478; Sterile HiFungal Transport medium w/swab (Sterile flocked nylon swab for specimen collection)
Advantages:
- It is a full, everything included, solution for the collection and transport of sample including selective isolation of Mucor species (black fungus and Candida species (white fungus).
- MS5478: Collection and transport of sample of fungi.
- MP5476: Selective isolation of Mucor fungi preventing bacterial contamination and yeasts.
- MS5477: Selective isolation of Candida species reducing bacterial contamination and mycelial fungi.
- Lockable plates to ensure clinician safety.
Please find below the corresponding Information Sheets as PDFs:
