Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient

We report the case of a forest ranger who developed a polymicrobial infection with Mucor circinelloides after traumatic forearm amputation. Based on our case report we discuss epidemiology and management of this rare and potentially fatal infection.

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Autores principales: Spuehler, Dominik, Fuchs, Johannes, Hainich, Joerg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10515656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2259468
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spelling pubmed-105156562023-09-23 Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient Spuehler, Dominik Fuchs, Johannes Hainich, Joerg Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report We report the case of a forest ranger who developed a polymicrobial infection with Mucor circinelloides after traumatic forearm amputation. Based on our case report we discuss epidemiology and management of this rare and potentially fatal infection. Taylor & Francis 2023-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10515656/ /pubmed/37744665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2259468 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title_full Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title_fullStr Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title_full_unstemmed Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title_short Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
title_sort mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10515656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2259468
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