Table 4.

Comparison between four literature reviews

		This Review	Lee et al. [4]	Tedder et al. [5]	Baker [3]
	Number of patients	23	87	255**	39***
	Mean Age	41.8	44	41	44
	M:F ratio	2 to 1	3 to 1	7 to 3	2.4 to 1
Underlying Disease*	DM	13%	56%	32%	23%
	Malignancy	61%	32%	83.50%	46%
	HIV	8.70%	0	0	0
	Organ Transplantation	26%	11.40%	8%	0
	Others	8.75	24%	23.50%	13%
	None	4%	12.60%	0	2%
Reported Survival		52.10%	44.00%	35.00%	10.00%

^*A patient may have more than one underlying disease

^**Including patients with disseminated mucormycosis

^***Pulmonary mucormycosis cases only