An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae

Mucormycoses are high-mortality infections feared by clinicians worldwide. They predominantly affect immunocompromised hosts and are associated with a spectrum of disease. We describe a case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae in a patient with multiple risk factors cured with comple...

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Autores principales: Gardiner, Bradley J., Simpson, Ian, Khuu, Mai H., Kidd, Sarah E., Lo, Cheng H., Jenkin, Grant A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.003
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author Gardiner, Bradley J.
Simpson, Ian
Khuu, Mai H.
Kidd, Sarah E.
Lo, Cheng H.
Jenkin, Grant A.
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description Mucormycoses are high-mortality infections feared by clinicians worldwide. They predominantly affect immunocompromised hosts and are associated with a spectrum of disease. We describe a case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae in a patient with multiple risk factors cured with complete surgical excision and a short course of antifungal therapy.
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spelling pubmed-49098422016-06-21 An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae Gardiner, Bradley J. Simpson, Ian Khuu, Mai H. Kidd, Sarah E. Lo, Cheng H. Jenkin, Grant A. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Mucormycoses are high-mortality infections feared by clinicians worldwide. They predominantly affect immunocompromised hosts and are associated with a spectrum of disease. We describe a case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae in a patient with multiple risk factors cured with complete surgical excision and a short course of antifungal therapy. Elsevier 2014-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4909842/ /pubmed/27330940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Kidd, Sarah E.
Lo, Cheng H.
Jenkin, Grant A.
An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title_full An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title_fullStr An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title_full_unstemmed An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title_short An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae
title_sort unusual ulcer: a case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by rhizopus oryzae
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.003
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