Cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis following water-related wound in a 24-year-old immunocompetent woman

Mycoses. 2009 Nov;52(6):547-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01648.x. Epub 2009 Aug 3.

Abstract

We describe a case of cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis in an immunocompetent 24-year-old woman. Diagnosis was based on histological and microbiological examination. The patient made a complete recovery with surgical debridement and antifungal therapy (liposomal amphotericin and posaconazole).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Debridement
  • Dermatomycoses / diagnosis*
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Dermatomycoses / surgery
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Mucorales / classification
  • Mucorales / isolation & purification*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Wound Infection / surgery
  • Young Adult
  • Zygomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy
  • Zygomycosis / microbiology*
  • Zygomycosis / surgery

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • posaconazole
  • Amphotericin B