Haematologica
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To evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients affected by hematologic malignancies who developed mucormycosis and to ascertain the factors which influenced the outcome following mycotic infection. ⋯ Mucormycosis is a rare filamentous fungal infection that occurs most frequently in neutropenic patients with acute leukemia. It does not seem to have increased in recent years. Although a reduction of mortality has been observed recently, the mortality rate still remains high. Extensive and aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are essential in order to improve the prognosis in these patients.