Aggressive cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent child

A zygomycetous fungus was observed in a biopsy of a 9-year-old male. The patient was presented with severe cutaneous lesions subsequent to a traumatic car accident. Following fungal detection, antifungal treatment was prescribed but condition deteriorated rapidly and above knee amputation was done a...

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Autores principales: Al-Zaydani, Ibrahim A., Al-Hakami, Ahmed M., Joseph, Martin R.P., Kassem, Walid M., Almaghrabi, Mohamed K., Nageeb, Abdalla, Hamid, Mohamed E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.12.003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.12.003

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