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Thus, we systematically investigated aspergillosis coinfection in patients with proven mucormycosis. Medical records of adult patients with proven mucormycosis whose formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections were available, in a tertiary hospital from August 2007 to July 2023 were retrospectively reviewed to assess coinfection with aspergillosis. We noted cultures of fungi from sterile and non-sterile sites and performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays on FFPE tissues to detect Aspergillus- and Mucorales-specific DNA. Sixty-seven patients with proven mucormycosis, including 12 (18%) with a positive culture of the mucormycosis agent from sterile site cultures, were enrolled. Fungal cultures from sterile and non-sterile sites revealed Aspergillus spp. growth in nine (13%) of the 67 patients, including two sterile and seven non-sterile cultures. The fungal PCR analysis from the FFPE sections was positive for Aspergillus-specific PCR in five (7%) and positive for both Aspergillus- and Mucorales-specific PCR results in eight (12%). Overall, 21 (31%) of the 67 patients with proven mucormycosis had microbiologic and\/or molecular evidence of aspergillosis coinfection. Positive blood or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan results were more common in the coinfection group (67% [14\/21]) than in the mucormycosis group (37% [17\/46], P\u00a0=\u00a0.024). No significant difference in mortality between the two groups was observed. Approximately one-third of patients with proven mucormycosis exhibited molecular and\/or microbiologic evidence of aspergillosis coinfection. 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