Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient

Mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis is rarely reported in humans. A case of A. variabilis infection in an immunocompetent men after friction burns in a car accident is described. The infection presented as a rapidly progressive necrotizing infection of the skin and soft tissue, which req...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez, José Y., Morales-López, Soraya E., Rodríguez, Gerson J., Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A., Ocampo, Walter, Cepeda, Martha L., Mora-Valderrama, Miguel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.12.002
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author Rodríguez, José Y.
Morales-López, Soraya E.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Ocampo, Walter
Cepeda, Martha L.
Mora-Valderrama, Miguel A.
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Morales-López, Soraya E.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Ocampo, Walter
Cepeda, Martha L.
Mora-Valderrama, Miguel A.
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description Mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis is rarely reported in humans. A case of A. variabilis infection in an immunocompetent men after friction burns in a car accident is described. The infection presented as a rapidly progressive necrotizing infection of the skin and soft tissue, which required extensive surgical debridement and total colonic defunctioning colostomy associated with prolonged antifungal therapy. A. variabilis infection should be considered as a differential diagnosis of rapidly progressive necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections in immunocompetent individuals.
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spelling pubmed-61059162018-08-24 Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient Rodríguez, José Y. Morales-López, Soraya E. Rodríguez, Gerson J. Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A. Ocampo, Walter Cepeda, Martha L. Mora-Valderrama, Miguel A. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis is rarely reported in humans. A case of A. variabilis infection in an immunocompetent men after friction burns in a car accident is described. The infection presented as a rapidly progressive necrotizing infection of the skin and soft tissue, which required extensive surgical debridement and total colonic defunctioning colostomy associated with prolonged antifungal therapy. A. variabilis infection should be considered as a differential diagnosis of rapidly progressive necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections in immunocompetent individuals. Elsevier 2017-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6105916/ /pubmed/30148054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.12.002 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Rodríguez, José Y.
Morales-López, Soraya E.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Ocampo, Walter
Cepeda, Martha L.
Mora-Valderrama, Miguel A.
Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title_full Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title_fullStr Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title_short Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis caused by apophysomyces variabilis in an immunocompetent patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.12.002
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