Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3454062 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 2016 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Zygomycosis is an aggressive fungal infection occurred in immunocompromised patients commonly involving sinuses and lungs. zygomycosis has been reported in road traffic accidents and in farmland injuries. The mortality rate of zygomycosis is 40% to 80% due to angioinvasion. We report a case of immunocompetent young girl developing zygomycosis after road traffic accident in a urban area. The extensive infection patient survived after above knee amputation and antifungal therapy.

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