Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection affecting mainly immunosuppressed hosts. Cunninghamella bertholletiae causes the highest mortality among all mucormycetes. Infection by C. bertholletiae has rarely been reported in children. We present 2 children with acute leukemia and disseminated infection by C. bertholletiae, and review the relevant literature.
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