Cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

Mucormycosis is a rare and highly aggressive fungal infection, with a potential to reach its fulminant phase rapidly. We report a case of a 73-year-old immunocompromised vasculopath with cutaneous mucormycosis. The disease resulted in eventual death despite aggressive surgical debridement, revascula...

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Autores principales: Suthananthan, Arul E., Koek, Sharnice A., Sieunarine, Kishore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5400416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx056
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description Mucormycosis is a rare and highly aggressive fungal infection, with a potential to reach its fulminant phase rapidly. We report a case of a 73-year-old immunocompromised vasculopath with cutaneous mucormycosis. The disease resulted in eventual death despite aggressive surgical debridement, revascularization of his limb and amphotericin-B. This case highlights the need to recognize this disease early as a differential of a necrotic ulcer, to prevent a potentially avoidable fatality.
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spelling pubmed-54004162017-04-28 Cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report Suthananthan, Arul E. Koek, Sharnice A. Sieunarine, Kishore J Surg Case Rep Case Report Mucormycosis is a rare and highly aggressive fungal infection, with a potential to reach its fulminant phase rapidly. We report a case of a 73-year-old immunocompromised vasculopath with cutaneous mucormycosis. The disease resulted in eventual death despite aggressive surgical debridement, revascularization of his limb and amphotericin-B. This case highlights the need to recognize this disease early as a differential of a necrotic ulcer, to prevent a potentially avoidable fatality. Oxford University Press 2017-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5400416/ /pubmed/28458862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx056 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5400416/
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