Background: Invasive fungal infections caused by filamentous fungi of the order Mucorales are serious complications in immunocompromised patients and often associated with fatal outcome. As a member of this order, Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a saprophytic fungus with naturally exhibited high minimum inhibitory concentrations against common antifungal drugs and with the potential for outbreaks in clinical settings.
Objectives And Methods: In a proof-of-principle study, we evaluated the performance of microsatellite markers for the discrimination of thirteen C.