کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4121422 1270394 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Post-traumatic and post-surgical Absidia corymbifera infection in a young, healthy man
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری های گوش و جراحی پلاستیک صورت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Post-traumatic and post-surgical Absidia corymbifera infection in a young, healthy man
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryAbsidia corymbifera infection in a healthy individual is rare. Most of the infection occurs in immunocompromised patients or diabetic patients. Cutaneous and subcutaneous mucormycosis have been increasingly reported in the literature as a result of massive trauma with contaminated wounds. We present a case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a healthy, young patient after surgical amputation for a crush injury of the leg. We also highlight the importance of the high index of clinical suspicion in the diagnosis and treatment of this fungal infection in the hype of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in hospital setting these days. Despite an initial life-saving amputation, it was inadequate to ensure the eradication of A. corymbifera infection. A second amputation was required with parenteral liposomal amphotericin B to achieve a satisfactory cure.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - Volume 59, Issue 12, December 2006, Pages 1367–1371
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